Evaluation of an ELISA to detect antibodies to maedi-visna virus in individual and pooled samples of milk from sheep

Veterinary Record

Volumn 157, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 552-555

  Mazzei, M ^a   Carrozza, M L ^b   Bandecchi, P ^a   Mazzanti, G ^c   Mannelli, A ^d   Tolari, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^c Azienda USL 2   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MILK LEVEL; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROPREVALENCE; SHEEP DISEASE; VIRUS INFECTION; VISNA VIRUS;

MAEDI-VISNA VIRUS; OVIS ARIES; VISNA VIRUS;

EID: 27944466809     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.157.18.552     Document Type: Article

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