AE diagnostic testing

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Diagnosis is
the identification of the nature of an illness or other problem by examination of the symptoms
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In clinical practice, tests can be used in one of two ways:
Screening tests & diagnostic tests
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Surveillance, Population and Individual are types of what
testing
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Surveillance testing can be
Defined as ongoing collection of data from a population
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Population testing can be defined as
Screening of a population to look for presence of disease
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The two key requirements of a diagnostic test are
The test identifies diseased animals correctly & the test identifies non-diseased animals correctly
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Screening tests are
Easy to apply and cheap
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Positive screening tests should be followed up with
confirmatory test
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diagnostic tests are
Often more expensive, time consuming and invasive
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In clinical practice, tests can be used in one of two ways:

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Screening tests & diagnostic tests

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Surveillance testing can be

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Population testing can be defined as

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