Comparison of serological tests based on outer membrane or internal antigens for detecting antibodies to Brucella ovis in infected flocks

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 407-411

  Estein, Silvia M ^a   Baldi, Pablo C ^b   Bowden, Raúl A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL CENTRO DE LA PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TESTS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNODIFFUSION; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SHEEP DISEASES; SHEEP, DOMESTIC;

EID: 0012179205     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870201400508     Document Type: Review

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