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Table 1 Reported estimates for the sensitivity of faecal PCR testing for MAP in relation to faecal culture

From: Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis infection in cattle – a review in the context of seasonal pasture-based dairy herds

Estimated sensitivity of faecal PCR (%)

Source

73.6a

(Schwalm et al., 2019) [72]

86 – 89

(Schwalm et al., 2018) [73]

73.5 – 93

(Prendergast et al., 2018) [66]

22 – 88

(Fock-Chow-Tho et al., 2017) [22]

17.6 – 94.1

(Leite et al., 2013) [47]

72

(Alinovi et al., 2009) [1]

  1. aliquid faecal culture used as reference standard