Comparison of serologic tests for detection of Brucella infections in cattle and water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1598-1605

  Fosgate, Geoffrey T ^a   Adesiyun, Abiodun A ^a   Hird, David W ^a   Johnson, Wesley O ^a   Hietala, Sharon K ^a   Schurig, Gerhardt G ^a   Ryan, Joseph ^a  

^a Institute for Quantum Studies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BEEF CATTLE; BRUCELLA; BRUCELLOSIS; BUFFALO; CATTLE DISEASE; CATTLE FARMING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PROBABILITY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; BRUCELLA; BUBALUS; BUBALUS BUBALIS;

EID: 0036845430     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2002.63.1598     Document Type: Article

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