Sensitivity and specificity of western blot testing of cerebrospinal fluid and serum for diagnosis of equine protozoal myeloencephalitis in horses with and without neurologic abnormalities

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 221, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1007-1013

  Daft, Barbara M ^a   Barr, Bradd C ^b   Gardner, Ian A ^c   Read, Deryck ^a   Bell, William ^d   Peyser, Karen G ^e   Ardans, Alex ^b   Kinde, Hailu ^a   Morrow, Jennifer K ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Central Reference Laboratory   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d California Horse Racing Board   (United States)

^e Equine Biodiagnostics Inc ^*  (United States)

^f Equine Biodiagnostics/IDEXX   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; SARCOCYSTIS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COCCIDIOSIS; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SARCOCYSTIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036777207     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2002.221.1007     Document Type: Article

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