Validation of a Neospora caninum iscom ELISA without a gold standard

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 141-153

  Frössling, Jenny ^a   Bonnett, Brenda ^b   Lindberg, Ann ^c   Björkman, Camilla ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c Swedish Dairy Association   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cut off; Gibbs sampling; Iscom ELISA; Neospora caninum; Sensitivity; Specificity; TG ROC

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 0037457296     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(02)00216-7     Document Type: Article

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