Veterinary Medicine International
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 953985, 8 pages
doi:10.4061/2011/953985
Research Article
Bovine Tuberculosis in a Nebraska Herd of Farmed Elk and Fallow Deer: A Failure of the Tuberculin Skin Test and Opportunities for Serodiagnosis
W. Ray Waters,
1 Gary E. Stevens,
2 Mark A. Schoenbaum,
3 Kathy A. Orloski,
3 Suelee Robbe-Austerman,
4 N. Beth Harris,
4 S. Mark Hall,
4 Bruce V. Thomsen,
4 Arach J. Wilson,
4 Roger E. Brannian,
4 Jeffrey T. Nelson,
4 Shawn Schafer,
5 Javan Esfandiari,
6 Meghan Dutton,
6 Rena Greenwald,
6 and
Konstantin P. Lyashchenko6
1National Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Ames, IA 50010, USA
2National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), USDA, Lincoln, NE 68516, USA
3NVSL, APHIS, USDA, Fort Collins, CO 80526-8117, USA
4NVSL, APHIS, USDA, Ames, IA 50010, USA
5North American Deer Farmers Association, Lake City, MN 55041, USA
6Chembio Diagnostic Systems, Inc., Medford, NY 11763, USA
Received 10 January 2011; Accepted 20 February 2011
Academic Editor: Michael D. Welsh
Copyright © 2011 W. Ray Waters et al. This is an open access article distributed under the
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How to Cite this Article
W. Ray Waters, Gary E. Stevens, Mark A. Schoenbaum, et al., “Bovine Tuberculosis in a Nebraska Herd of Farmed Elk and Fallow Deer: A Failure of the Tuberculin Skin Test and Opportunities for Serodiagnosis,” Veterinary Medicine International, vol. 2011, Article ID 953985, 8 pages, 2011. doi:10.4061/2011/953985