Comparison of two sampling tools for diagnosis of Tritrichomonas foetus in bulls and clinical interpretation of culture results

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 215, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 231-235

  Parker, Sarah ^a,b   Campbell, John ^a   Ribble, Carl ^a,c   Gajadhar, Alvin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PENIS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SARCOMASTIGOPHORA INFECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; MALE; MASTIGOPHORA INFECTIONS; PENIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TRITRICHOMONAS FOETUS;

EID: 0033565147     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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