Diagnosis of rinderpest in Tanzania by a rapid chromatographic strip-test

Tropical Animal Health and Production

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 141-145

  Wambura, P N ^a,e   Moshy, D W ^b   Mbise, A N ^b   Mollel, G O ^b   Taylor, W P ^c   Anderson, J ^d   Bruning, A ^d  

^a Animal Diseases Research Institute Dar Es Salaam   (Tanzania)

^b Arusha Vet Investigation Centre   (Tanzania)

^c FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^d INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cattle; Clearview; Immunocapture ELISA; Immunodiagnosis; Pen side diagnosis; Rinderpest

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; MICROSPHERE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CHROMATOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIC; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACRIMAL FLUID; MEASLES VIRUS; TANZANIA; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; MICROSPHERES; MORBILLIVIRUS; RINDERPEST; TANZANIA; TEARS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; MEASLES VIRUS;

EID: 0034084589     PISSN: 00494747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005227430397     Document Type: Article

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