CALIFORNIA-MASTITIS AND MODIFIED-WHITESID E TESTS AS SCREENING TO CAPRINE MASTITIS

Citation
Ld. Dossantos et al., CALIFORNIA-MASTITIS AND MODIFIED-WHITESID E TESTS AS SCREENING TO CAPRINE MASTITIS, Pesquisa agropecuaria brasileira, 30(2), 1995, pp. 295-298
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Agriculture,"Agriculture Dairy & AnumalScience
ISSN journal
0100204X
Volume
30
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
295 - 298
Database
ISI
SICI code
0100-204X(1995)30:2<295:CAMETA>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
The interpretation of screening tests is a major problem observed duri ng the caprine mastitis control programmes. In this paper the Californ ia Mastitis Test (CMT) and a modified Whiteside (WM) test were studied as screening test to detect subclinical infection of udder in 126 mil k samples collected from dairy goats (Saanen, Alpine, Toggenburg and C rossbred). The CMT greater than or equal to 2 and WM greater than or e qual to 2 scores were admitted as the ideal screening level. The CMT s howed the highest sensibility and specificity, being the recommended a ccording to Youden index. When the tests were studied as a serial or p aralell association, no significant advantage was observed.