Recent advances and future prospects for the use of acute phase proteins as markers df disease in animals

Revue de Medecine Veterinaire

Volumn 151, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 577-584

  Eckersall, P D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute phase proteins; Cat; Cattle; Dogs; Haptoglobin; Immunoassay; Infection; Meat inspection; Pigs; Serum amyloid A

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034377028     PISSN: 00351555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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