Diagnosis of taenia saginata cysticercosis in kenyan cattle by antibody and antigen ELISA

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 61, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 221-230

  Onyango Abuje, J A ^a   Hughes, G ^b   Opicha, M ^a   Nginyi, K M ^a   Rugutt, M K ^a   Wright, S H ^b   Harrison, L J S ^b  

^a National Veterinary Research Centre   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cattle Cestoda; Cysticercosis; Diagnosis Cestoda; ELISA; Taenia saginara

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CATTLE; CYSTICERCOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOOD CONTROL; MEAT; NONHUMAN; TAENIA SAGINATA;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CESTODA; TAENIA; TAENIA SAGINATA;

EID: 0029671264     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-4017(95)00840-3     Document Type: Article

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