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[[Category:Veterinary Epidemiology - General Concepts|K]]

[[Category:Veterinary Epidemiology - General Concepts|K]]

Diagnostic tests aim to correctly assess whether or not an animal has a disease. The use of diagnostic tests can have several objectives:

Diagnostic tests can be used by veterinarians when determining the likelihood that an animal has a particular disease. The use of diagnostic tests can have several objectives:

* To assess whether an animal has a disease

* To assess whether an animal exhibiting symptoms of a disease has the disease

* To assess whether an animal has recovered from disease following an intervention

* To assess whether an animal has recovered from disease following an intervention

* To prove an animal does not have a disease

* To prove an animal is free from disease disease

   

   

==Evaluating diagnostic tests==

==Evaluating diagnostic tests==