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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">VETZOO</journal-id>
      <journal-title-group>
        <journal-title>Veterinarija ir Zootechnika</journal-title>
      </journal-title-group>
      <issn pub-type="epub">2669-2511</issn>
      <issn pub-type="ppub">1392-2130</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>LSMU</publisher-name>
      </publisher>
    </journal-meta>
    <article-meta>
      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">KARUS</article-id>
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          <subject>Article</subject>
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      <title-group>
        <article-title>Robustness of Mycobacterium Bovis Determination Using Fast and Simple qPCR Assay</article-title>
      </title-group>
      <contrib-group>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Karus</surname>
            <given-names>Avo</given-names>
          </name>
          <email xlink:href="mailto:avo.karus@emu.ee">avo.karus@emu.ee</email>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_VETZOO_aff_000"/>
          <xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor1">∗</xref>
        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_VETZOO_aff_000">Estonian University of Life Sciences, Institute of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, The Chair of Food Science and Technology, Kreutzwaldi 62, Tartu 51006, Estonia</aff>
        <contrib contrib-type="author">
          <name>
            <surname>Karus</surname>
            <given-names>Virge</given-names>
          </name>
          <xref ref-type="aff" rid="j_VETZOO_aff_001"/>
        </contrib>
        <aff id="j_VETZOO_aff_001">Estonian University of Life Sciences, Institute of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences, The Chair of Food Science and Technology, Kreutzwaldi 62, Tartu 51006, Estonia</aff>
      </contrib-group>
      <author-notes>
        <corresp id="cor1"><label>∗</label>Corresponding author.</corresp>
      </author-notes>
      <volume>82</volume>
      <issue>1</issue>
      <fpage>13</fpage>
      <lpage>18</lpage>
      <pub-date pub-type="ppub">
        <day>31</day>
        <month>10</month>
        <year>2025</year>
      </pub-date>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>30</day>
        <month>11</month>
        <year>2024</year>
      </pub-date>
      <history>
        <date date-type="received">
          <day>23</day>
          <month>01</month>
          <year>2024</year>
        </date>
        <date date-type="rev-recd">
          <day>29</day>
          <month>03</month>
          <year>2024</year>
        </date>
        <date date-type="accepted">
          <day>29</day>
          <month>04</month>
          <year>2024</year>
        </date>
      </history>
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      <abstract>
        <p>Most of the acute intestinal diseases are caused by food-borne pathogens. The robustness of qPCR-based fast and simple procedure for food safety detection of Mycobacterium bovis (M. bovis) DNA using EvaGreen real-time PCR for LightCycler was evaluated. Tm calling and Cp were used for analysis of PCR products. Tm calling showed better performance than Cp-based calculations for near limit of detection (LoD) positive samples. The studied qPCR M. bovis assay showed good sensitivity and excellent robustness, which allows using this assay during emergency or when this method is rarely used.</p>
      </abstract>
      <kwd-group>
        <label>Keywords</label>
        <kwd>food safety</kwd>
        <kwd>Mycobacterium bovis</kwd>
        <kwd>qPCR;</kwd>
        <kwd>Assay robustness</kwd>
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