METHOD FOR PREDICTING TUBERCULOSIS IN CATTLE Russian patent published in 2008 - IPC A61K39/35 A61K39/04 

FIELD: veterinary microbiology.

SUBSTANCE: the innovation deals with intracutaneous injection of tuberculin at the volume of 0.2 ml followed by analyzing the reaction 72 h later. Animals at increased skin fold by 3 mm and more should be considered to be sick ones. Moreover, tuberculin should be injected at the dosage ranged 0.6-0.8 thousand IU. The innovation excludes the impact upon final result in predicting the factors of tuberculosis-free etiology and provides the liquidation of groundless slaughtering in cattle.

EFFECT: higher accuracy of diagnostics.

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