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Table 1 Summary of all results. Results of the analyses of the 100 pooled faecal samples originating from 265 assumed salmonella-free farms and 3 control samples combined with the results from trials 1–9, artificially contaminated poultry, swine and cattle faecal samples.

From: Comparison of culture, ELISA and PCR techniques for salmonella detection in faecal samples for cattle, pig and poultry

	NMKL	MSRV	MSRV PCR	VIDAS SLM	SELECTA ELISA	SELECTA CULTURE	OPTIMA ELISA	OPTIMA CULTURE	BAX^®	SELECTA PCR	SELECTA IMS PCR
TP*	128	226	226	109	145	203	52	114	196	188	181
TN*	154	154	154	154	154	154	154	154	153	154	154
FP*	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
FN*	109	5	5	128	85	27	179	117	26	36	43
AC**	0.72	0.99	0.99	0.67	0.78	0.93	0.54	0.7	0.93	0.9	0.89
SE**	0.54	0.98	0.98	0.45	0.63	0.88	0.23	0.49	0.88	0.84	0.81
SP**	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0.99	1	1

*TP = True positives, TN = True negatives, FP = False positives, FN = False negatives
**AC = Accuracy, SE = Sensitivity, SP = Specificity

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