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Table 5 The degree of agreement (kappa) between various tests when carried out at cut-off points deemed to return the maximum sum of sensitivity and specificity, as determined by receiver operating characteristic curves [42]. Also shown are the McNemar’s χ2 statistics comparing the sensitivity and specificity of the tests. McNemar’s test did not return a result when comparing the Sp of GGT levels and the ELISA as the tests returned the exact same results in unaffected animals –the specificity was identical

From: Comparison of rapid laboratory tests for failure of passive transfer in the bovine

Optimum cut-off

Kappa

McNemar’s χ2 for Se

McNemar’s χ2 for Sp

GGT v ELISA

0.9676

0

No result

GGT v Globulin

0.9014

0

3.2

ELISA v Globulin

0.8685

0

3.2

Globulin v STP

0.8096

0

6.1

GGT v STP

0.7160

0

11

ELISA v STP

0.7160

0

11

ELISA v ZST

0.6957

7.7

6.1

GGT v ZST

0.6688

10

6.1

Globulin v ZST

0.5917

11

0.3077

STP v ZST

0.4613

7.6

0.9412