Use of western immunoblot analysis for testing moose serum for Brucella suis biovar 4 specific antibodies

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 591-595

  Edmonds, Matthew D ^a   Ward, Felicia M ^a   O'Hara, Todd M ^b   Elzer, Philip H ^a,c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alces alces; Brucella suis biovar 4; Moose; Serology; Survey; Western immunoblot

Indexed keywords

ALCES ALCES; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR SUIS; RANGIFER; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; EPITOPE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DEER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGGLUTINATION TESTS; ALASKA; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; DEER; EPITOPES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

EID: 0033159092     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-35.3.591     Document Type: Article

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