Assessment of test results when using a commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for diagnosis of paratuberculosis in repeated samples collected from adult dairy cattle

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 220, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1685-1689

  Hirst, Heather L ^a   Garry, Franklyn B ^a   Salman, M D ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0036598174     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2002.220.1685     Document Type: Article

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