Adaptation of a surface antigen-based ELISA for the detection of antibodies against Neospora caninum in bovine milk

Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series B: Infectious Diseases and Veterinary Public Health

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-48

  Schares, G ^a   Barwald A ^a   Conraths, F J ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COCCIDIOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MILK; NEOSPORA; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MILK; NEOSPORA;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 14644399890     PISSN: 09311793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0450.2004.00819.x     Document Type: Article

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