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
Table 1
History of herd and timeline of the outbreak investigation.
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aOnly 42/59 elk and none of the fallow deer were tested by SCT primarily due to animal handling and management issues. All of the elk that were tested by SCT were examined postmortem. bHerd depopulation completed; however, not all of the carcasses were examined. cThe apparent prevalence includes the index case and is based upon the number of animals with mycobacteriosis compatible gross and microscopic lesions and/or M. bovis isolated from tissues. *Necropsies were performed 3 months after SCT; thus, values may underestimate the true false negative rate. |