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**Avian and bovine tuberculin (purified protein derivative) is injected intradermally into two different clipped sites on the side of the neck
**Avian and bovine tuberculin (purified protein derivative) is injected intradermally into two different clipped sites on the side of the neck
**Skin thickness at these sites is compared before and 72 hours after the injection of tuberculin with calipers
**Skin thickness at these sites is compared before and 72 hours after the injection of tuberculin with calipers
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**Increases in skin thickness at the bovine PPD site of more than
4cm
greater than the avian PPD site are seen as positive (reactor)
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**Increases in skin thickness at the bovine PPD site of more than
4mm
greater than the avian PPD site are seen as positive (reactor)
**Blood tests including the gamma interferon assay are being developed
**Blood tests including the gamma interferon assay are being developed
**Laboratory examination of lesions, lymph nodes and milk
**Laboratory examination of lesions, lymph nodes and milk
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*Control
*Control
**Eradication programs using a test and slaughter policy
**Eradication programs using a test and slaughter policy
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**Reactors positive to the tuberculin test are slaughtered and restrictions applied to the affected herd
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**Reactors positive to the tuberculin test are slaughtered and restrictions applied to the affected herd
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===Avian tuberculosis===
===Avian tuberculosis===
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