Specificity of absorbed ELISA and agar gel immunodiffusion tests for paratuberculosis in goats with observations about use of these tests in infected goats

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 81, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 71-75

  Whittington, R J ^a,b   Eamens, G J ^a   Cousins, D V ^c  

^a NSW AGRICULTURE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; CAPRA; CAPRA HIRCUS; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; OVIS ARIES;

AGAR;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GOAT; GOAT DISEASE; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; PARATUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGAR; ANIMALS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GOAT DISEASES; GOATS; IMMUNODIFFUSION; MALE; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PARATUBERCULOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0344598698     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2003.tb11437.x     Document Type: Article

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