Evaluation of a diagnostic monoclonal antibody-based capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detection of a 26- to 28-kd Fasciola hepatica coproantigen in cattle

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 533-537

  Abdel Rahman, Salma M ^a,b   O'Reilly, Kathy L ^a   Malone, John B ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Assiut University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; HELMINTH ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FECES; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; RABBIT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FASCIOLA HEPATICA; FASCIOLIASIS; FECES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARASITE EGG COUNT; RABBITS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0032068737     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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