Further observations on the primary and anamnestic humoral responses to Dichelobacter nodosus in sheep in relation to the diagnosis of footrot

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 126-133

  Whittington, R J ^a  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES; BLOOD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOOT ROT; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; TIME;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODY FORMATION; BACTEROIDES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FOOT ROT; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030095890     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0034-5288(96)90006-5     Document Type: Article

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