Antigens for serological diagnosis of ovine footrot

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 255-274

  Whittington, R J ^a,c   Saunders, V F ^a   Moses, E K ^b  

^a NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

^b ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Agricultural Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

antigen purification; diagnosis; Dichelobacter nodosus; ELISA; footrot; sheep bacteria

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN PURIFICATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOOT ROT; NONHUMAN; SERODIAGNOSIS; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; FOOT ROT; GRAM-NEGATIVE ANAEROBIC BACTERIA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICHELOBACTER NODOSUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0030936345     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1135(96)01284-9     Document Type: Article

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