Detection of chlamydial antibody by fetal serology - An aid to the diagnosis of ovine abortion

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 30-35

  Kennedy, Hilary E ^a   McCullough, Samuel J ^b   Graham, David ^b   Cassidy, Joseph ^b   Malone, Frank E ^c   Ellis, William A ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c Omagh Veterinary Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; OVIS;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FETUS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; ORNITHOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FETUS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; PSITTACOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 0035234361     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870101300107     Document Type: Article

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