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===Likelihood ratio===
 
===Likelihood ratio===
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Likelihood ratios (LR) give clinicians an idea of how likely a test result could have been produced by a diseased compared with a non-diseased animals and can be calculated for both positive and negative test results. The LR for a positive test result (LR+) is interpreted as how likely it is to find a positive test result in diseased compared with non-diseased individuals and LR- is interpreted as how likely it is to find a negative test result in diseased compared with non-diseased animals. Likelihood ratios are a charachteristic of the test and do not depend on prevalence, they are calculated as follows:  
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Likelihood ratios (LR) give clinicians an idea of how likely a test result could have been produced by a diseased compared with a non-diseased animals and can be calculated for both positive and negative test results. The LR for a positive test result (LR+) is interpreted as how likely it is to find a positive test result in diseased compared with non-diseased individuals and LR- is interpreted as how likely it is to find a negative test result in diseased compared with non-diseased animals. Likelihood ratios are a characteristic of the test and do not depend on prevalence, they are calculated as follows:  
       
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===Post-test probability===
 
===Post-test probability===
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