Ovine enzootic abortion: Seroprevalence in Switzerland using a competitive enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (cELISA);Chlamydienabort beim Schaf: Untersuchung der Seroprävalenz in der Schweiz mittels eines kompetitiven ELISA (cELISA)

Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde

Volumn 144, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 474-482

  Borel, N ^a   Doherr, M G ^b   Vretou, E ^c   Psarrou, E ^c   Thoma, R ^d   Pospischil, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c HELLENIC PASTEUR INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^d Graubundner V B L   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Abortion; cELISA; Chlamydophila abortus (Chlamydia psittaci serotype 1); Collective sera; Pooling; Sheep

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; ORNITHOSIS; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SWITZERLAND; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHLAMYDOPHILA PSITTACI; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PSITTACOSIS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0037505804     PISSN: 00367281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/0036-7281.144.9.474     Document Type: Article

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