Specificity of four serologic assays for Mycobacterium avium ss paratuberculosis in llamas and alpacas: A single herd study

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 345-353

  Miller, David S ^a,f   Collins, Michael T ^b   Smith, Bradford B ^a   Anderson, Phillip R ^c,g   Kramsky, Joely ^b   Wilder, Gwen ^d   Hope, Ann ^e  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c IDEXX LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d Allied Monitor   (United States)

^e VIC INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Australia)

^f Fort Wayne Children's Zoo   (United States)

^g Maine Biological Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ARTIODACTYLA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOLOGY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; CAMELIDS, NEW WORLD; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; IMMUNODIFFUSION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034220401     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870001200408     Document Type: Article

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