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Bovine Tuberculosis (bTB) roadmap:
Control Strategies

Roadmap for development of disease control strategies for bTB

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Diagnostics

Diagnostics

Research Question

What are we trying to achieve and why? What is the problem we are trying to solve?

  • More sensitive, specific, rapid, easy to use, pen side test(s).
  • Optimal strategies for early detection.

Research Gaps and Challenges

What are the scientific and technological challenges (knowledge gaps needing to be addressed)?

  • To develop, evaluate and validate more sensitive tests for cattle and wildlife.
  • Understand performance characteristics of various tests and develop testing algorithms.
  • Early detection.

Solution Routes

What approaches could/should be taken to address the research question?

See diagnostic test development.

Dependencies

What else needs to be done before we can solve this need?

  • Engagement of public and private sectors.
  • Availability of well documented sample biobanks and study farms/areas.
  • Impartial evaluation and validation of candidate tests.
  • Modelling potential impacts based on test performance characteristics.

State Of the Art

Existing knowledge including successes and failures