Dalam epidemiologi lapangan istilah ''diagnosis'' biasanya berarti identifikasi suatu penyakit atau suatu kondisi yang mempengaruhi hewan. Pengujian diagnostik merupakan suatu prosedur atau proces yang dapat mempengaruhi pengembangan suatu diagnosis. Istilah pengujian diagnostik dapat digunakan untuk merujuk pada pemeriksaan klinis terhadap hewan atau pengujian laboratorium yang dilakukan pada sampel yang dikumpulkan dari hewan (darah, kotoran, dll). Hasil pengujian kemudian diterjemahkan dan digunakan untuk menentukan apakah hewan tersebut sakit atau tidak.
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In field epidemiology the term ''diagnosis'' generally means identification of a disease or condition that is affecting an animal. A diagnostic test is any procedure or process that may contribute to the development of a diagnosis. The term diagnostic test may be used to refer to a clinical examination of an individual animal or to a laboratory test performed on a sample collected from an animal (blood, faeces etc). The results of these tests are interpreted and used to determine if the animal has a disease or not.
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Diagnostic tests
In field epidemiology the term diagnosis generally means identification of a disease or condition that is affecting an animal. A diagnostic test is any procedure or process that may contribute to the development of a diagnosis. The term diagnostic test may be used to refer to a clinical examination of an individual animal or to a laboratory test performed on a sample collected from an animal (blood, faeces etc). The results of these tests are interpreted and used to determine if the animal has a disease or not.
