Value of different serological tests in the diagnosis of bovine brucellosis in the Amazonian region

Acta Veterinaria Hungarica

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 199-210

  Molnár, Éva ^a,b   Molnar L ^a,b   Vale, W G ^a  

^a University Federation of Pará   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Agglutination; Amazonian region; Bovine brucellosis; Competitive ELISA; Complement fixation; Indirect ELISA; Serological tests

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; BUBALUS;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; BRUCELLA VACCINE;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAZIL; BRUCELLA; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BRAZIL; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA VACCINE; BRUCELLOSIS, BOVINE; CATTLE; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TESTS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MALE; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031605055     PISSN: 02366290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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