Evaluation of a commercial ELISA for diagnosis of paratuberculosis in cattle

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 218, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1163-1166

  Dargatz, David A ^a   Byrum, Beverly A ^b   Barber, Linda K ^b   Sweeney, Raymond W ^c   Whitlock, Robert H ^c   Shulaw, William P ^d   Jacobson, Richard H ^e   Stabel, Judith R ^f  

^a CENTERS FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND ANIMAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

^f NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATTLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; PARATUBERCULOSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0035313615     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2001.218.1163     Document Type: Article

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