Comparative evaluation of agar gel precipitation, counterimmunoelectrophoresis and passive haemagglutination tests for the diagnosis of Dicrocoelium dendriticum infection in sheep and goats

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 61, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 151-156

  Jithendran, K P ^a   Vaid, J ^a   Krishna, L ^a  

^a INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Diagnosis Trematoda; Dicrocoelium dendriticum; Goat; Sheep Trematoda

Indexed keywords

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DICROCOELIASIS; DICROCOELIUM; GOAT; HEMAGGLUTINATION; NONHUMAN; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; CAPRA HIRCUS; DICROCOELIUM; DICROCOELIUM DENDRITICUM; OVIS ARIES; PARALICHTHYS DENTATUS; TREMATODA;

EID: 0030027337     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-4017(95)00808-X     Document Type: Article

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