Measurement of serum amyloid A in the neonatal foal using a latex agglutination immunoturbidimetric assay: Determination of the normal range, variation with age and response to disease

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 599-603

  Stoneham, S J ^a   Palmer, L ^a   Cash, R ^a   Rossdale, P D ^a  

^a BEAUFORT COTTAGE STABLES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disease; Horse; Neonatal foal; Serum amyloid A

Indexed keywords

EQUUS CABALLUS;

SERUM AMYLOID A;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CALIBRATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; INFECTION; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPTICEMIA; STANDARD;

AGE FACTORS; AMYLOID PROTEIN SAA; ANIMAL; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CALIBRATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FOCAL INFECTION; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IMMUNITY, MATERNALLY-ACQUIRED; LATEX FIXATION TESTS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPTICEMIA;

EID: 0035512013     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2746/042516401776563472     Document Type: Article

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