Use of serology in reptile medicine

Seminars in Avian and Exotic Pet Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 33-45

  Jacobson, Elliott R ^a   Origgi, Francesco ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Chelonians; Crocodilians; Infectious diseases; Lizards; Serology; Snakes

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPOSURE; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION; LABORATORY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; ORDO; PARAMYXOVIRUS; PATHOGENESIS; REPTILE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; SNAKE; TREMATODE; TURTLE; UNIVERSITY; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

CHELONIIDAE; CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; HERPESVIRIDAE; MYCOPLASMA; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE; REPTILIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; TESTUDINES; TESTUDINIDAE; TREMATODA;

EID: 0036122178     PISSN: 1055937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/saep.2002.28239     Document Type: Article

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