Optimizing performance of a qualitative zinc sulfate turbidity test for passive transfer of immunoglobulin G in calves

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1711-1713

  Hudgens, Kirsten A R ^a   Tyler, Jeff W ^a   Besser, Thomas E ^a   Krytenberg, Denise S ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNODIFFUSION; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PHOTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CATTLE; FEMALE; IMMUNITY, MATERNALLY-ACQUIRED; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030340944     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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