Detection of specific Mycoplasma conjunctivae antibodies in the sera of sheep with infectious keratoconjunctivitis

Veterinary Research

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 155-164

  Belloy, Luc ^a   Giacometti, Marco ^b   Abdo, El Mostafa ^a   Nicolet, Jacques ^a   Krawinkler, Margrit ^a   Janovsky, Martin ^a   Bruderer, Urs ^c   Frey, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Wildvet Projects   (Switzerland)

^c BommeliDiagnostics   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ELISA; Mycoplasma conjunctivae; Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae; Serodiagnosis; Specific antigens

Indexed keywords

MYCOPLASMA CONJUNCTIVAE; MYCOPLASMA OVIPNEUMONIAE; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; OVIS ARIES;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; EPITOPE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CROSS REACTIONS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITOPES; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS, INFECTIOUS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 0035293217     PISSN: 09284249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/vetres:2001118     Document Type: Article

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