Detection of circulating 54 kDa antigen in sera of bovine calves experimentally infected with F. gigantica

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 119, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 187-195

  Velusamy, R ^a   Singh, B P ^a   Sharma, R L ^a   Chandra, D ^a  

^a INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Cattle Trematoda; Circulating antigen; Diagnosis Trematoda; Fasciola gigantica

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN; POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FASCIOLA GIGANTICA; FASCIOLIASIS; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SERODIAGNOSIS; SERUM; WORM;

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; FASCIOLA GIGANTICA; TREMATODA;

EID: 1642472958     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2003.09.023     Document Type: Article

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