Use of a 14.2 kDa recombinant Cooperia oncophora protein in an ELISA for herd health monitoring of nematode infections in first grazing season calves

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 63-78

  Githiori, J B ^a   Kooyman, F N J ^a   Kruitwagen, C ^a   Ploeger, H W ^a   Eysker, M ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cattle nematoda; Cooperia oncophora; ELISA; Monitoring; Recombinant antigen

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATTLE; COOPERIA ONCOPHORA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MONITORING; NEMATODIASIS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; SEASON; WORM INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEASONS; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDEA; TRICHOSTRONGYLOIDIASIS;

BOS TAURUS; COOPERIA; COOPERIA ONCOPHORA; NEMATODA; ONCOPHORA;

EID: 0034710364     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(00)00262-4     Document Type: Article

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