Evaluation of a commercially available immunoassay for assessing adequacy of passive transfer in calves

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 220, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 791-793

  Dawes, Maisie E ^a   Tyler, Jeff W ^a   Hosteller, Douglas ^a   Lakritz, Jeff ^a   Tessman, Ronald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; SODIUM SULFITE; SULFITE;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOLOGY; NEWBORN; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PHOTOMETRY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFRACTOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CATTLE; IMMUNITY, MATERNALLY-ACQUIRED; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; REFRACTOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SULFITES;

EID: 0037088795     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2002.220.791     Document Type: Review

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