Proficiency testing of selected antigen and antibody tests for use in dogs and cats

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 209, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 914-917

  Troy, Gregory C ^a   Becker, Milton J ^b   Greene, Russell T ^c  

^a VIRGINIA MARYLAND REGIONAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Vet Lab Assoc Quality Assurance   (United States)

^c SW Diagnostic Laboratories Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BORRELIA; BORRELIA INFECTION; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CORONAVIRUS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; FELINE IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; IMMUNOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TOXOPLASMA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BORRELIA; BORRELIA INFECTIONS; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CORONAVIRUS, FELINE; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FELINE ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; FELINE INFECTIOUS PERITONITIS; IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS, FELINE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, ANIMAL;

EID: 0030240437     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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