Assessing the agreement of Western blot test results for paired serum and cerebrospinal fluid samples from horses tested for antibodies to Sarcocystis neuronaf

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 233-238

  Rossano, M G ^a   Kaneene, J B ^a   Schott II, H C ^a   Sheline, K D ^a   Mansfield, L S ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis; Sarcocystis neurona; Western blot

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL HEALTH; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; HORSE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PROTOZOON; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; SARCOCYSTIS; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA;

EID: 0142186810     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4017(03)00224-3     Document Type: Article

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