Evaluation of a bulk-milk ELISA test for the classification of herd-level bovine leukemia virus status

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 223-230

  Sargeant, J M ^a   Kelton, D F ^a   Martin, S W ^a   Mann, E D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bovine leukemia virus; Bulk milk; ELISA

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; BOVINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS;

VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BOVINE LEUKEMIA VIRUS; CANADA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MILK; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CATTLE; ENZOOTIC BOVINE LEUKOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNODIFFUSION; LEUKEMIA VIRUS, BOVINE; MILK; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ONTARIO; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031203490     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(96)01139-7     Document Type: Article

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