Use of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent asay to diagnose avian tuberculosis in a captive collection of wildfowl

Avian Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 571-575

  Zsivanovits, H P ^a   Neumann, U ^b   Brown, M J ^c   Cromie, R L ^c  

^a Great Western Referrals   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c WILDFOWL AND WETLANDS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; DUCKS AND GEESE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANSERIFORMES; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS, AVIAN;

ANAS; ANAS SP.; ANSER; ANSER SP.; ANSERIFORMES; AVES; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 11144257800     PISSN: 03079457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03079450400013204     Document Type: Article

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