Performance of five serological assays for diagnosis of Rhodococcus equi pneumonia in foals

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 241-245

  Giguère, Steeve ^a   Hernandez, Jorge ^a   Gaskin, Jack ^a   Prescott, John F ^b   Takai, Shinji ^c   Miller, Corey ^d  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Equine Medical Center of Ocala   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEALTH STATUS; IMMUNODIFFUSION; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACTINOMYCETALES INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; AREA UNDER CURVE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IMMUNODIFFUSION; RHODOCOCCUS EQUI; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0037338706     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.10.2.241-245.2003     Document Type: Article

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