Adaptation of a commercial ELISA for the detection of antibodies against Neospora caninum in bovine milk

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 120, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 55-63

  Schares, G ^a   Barwald A ^a   Staubach, C ^a   Wurm, R ^b   Rauser, M ^c   Conraths, F J ^a   Schroeder, C ^d  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b Staatliches V   (Germany)

^c Tierarztpraxis M Rauser   (Germany)

^d IDEXX LABORATORIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Commercial ELISA; IgG; Milk; Neospora caninum

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ABORTION; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DILUTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HERD; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LACTATION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MILK; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; TITRIMETRY;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 1442277159     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2003.11.016     Document Type: Article

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