Table 2 The characteristics of negative and positive animal groups for diagnosis of paratuberculosis according blood plasma and milk ELISA test results as a reference test.

From: Milk NIR spectroscopy and Aquaphotomics novel diagnostic approach to Paratuberculosis in dairy cattle

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Herd

Total number of cows

Number of cows according to the blood plasma ELISA test

Number of cows according to the milk ELISA test

Positive

Negative

Positive

Negative

60 days before drying

1

8

5

3

6

2

100–200 days after calving (first week)

2

11

8

3

5

6

100–200 days after calving (second week)

2

11

8

3

5

6

100–200 days after calving (third week)

2

11

8

3

5

6

Total

2

19

13

6

11

8