Evaluation of an ELISA for detection of antibodies to Babesia bovis in cattle in Australia and Zimbabwe

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 59-67

  Molloy, J B ^a   Bowles, P M ^a   Bock, R E ^b   Turton, J A ^c   Katsande, T C ^c   Katende, J M ^d   Mabikacheche, L G ^c   Waldron, S J ^b   Blight, G W ^a   Dalgliesh, R J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b Tick Fever Research Centre   (Australia)

^c Central Veterinary Laboratory Harare   (Zimbabwe)

^d INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Babesia bovis; Cattle Parasitological diseases; ELISA

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIOSIS; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOLOGY; KENYA; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME; ZIMBABWE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; AUSTRALIA; BABESIA BOVIS; BABESIOSIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION STUDIES; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; KENYA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0031608586     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(97)00063-9     Document Type: Article

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