Comparison of complement fixation test, immunoblotting, indirect ELISA, and competitive ELISA for detecting antibodies to Mycoplasma mycoides subspecies mycoides small colony (SC) in naturally infected cattle from the 1995 outbreak in Botswana

Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-27

  Marobela Raborokgwe, C ^a   Nicholas, R ^b   Ayling, R ^b   Bashiruddin, J B ^c  

^a National Veterinary Laboratory   (Botswana)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Botswana; CBPP; Competitive ELISA; Complement fixation test; Immunoblotting; Indirect ELISA

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIC; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MYCOPLASMA MYCOIDES; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA MYCOIDES;

EID: 0043267584     PISSN: 00302465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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