Data Sheet 1_Laboratory tests for bovine respiratory bacteria and antimicrobial resistance

Western Canadian beef feedlots provided 760 nasopharyngeal swabs collected by private veterinarians. The dataset compares detection of key bacterial pathogens and antimicrobial resistance genes using culture, long-read metagenomic sequencing, and recombinase polymerase amplification. The work was authored by Simon J. G. Otto and last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Compare diagnostic test performance for bovine respiratory disease pathogens based on the described Bayesian latent class model analysis.
• Evaluate the field application of long-read metagenomic sequencing for antimicrobial resistance gene detection as described in the study.
• Analyze detection patterns of bacteria and resistance across different cattle age cohorts and feeding periods mentioned in the results.

Strengths

• Contains results from 760 respiratory samples, described as a large-scale field evaluation.
• Compares three distinct laboratory testing approaches: culture/AST, long-read metagenomics, and RPA.
• Provides specific performance metrics, such as sensitivity below 65% and specificity above 90% for pathogen detection.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The primary data file is a 1.2 MB PDF, suggesting the underlying structured data may not be directly accessible.

Provenance

Source

Simon J. G. Otto via figshare.

Collection Method

Nasopharyngeal swabs collected from commercial feedlot calves as part of Canadian surveillance.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-20 05:23:51.

Geography

Western Canadian beef feedlots.