Translations:Advanced Field Epi:Manual 2 - Diagnostic Tests/18/en
- Sensitivity (Se) is the probability that a positive animal will be identified as positive by the test (1 - false negative rate) - this describes the test ability to detect a disease animal
- Specificity (Sp) is the probability that a negative animal will be correctly identified as negative by the test (1 - false positive rate) - this describes the tests ability to determine an animal is not diseased