The use of heterogenous (murine) hyperimmune antisera in B-SA immunohistochemical evidence of Encephalitozoon cuniculi antigens in rabbits

Acta Veterinaria Brno

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 95-99

  Stefkovic M ^a   Rosocha, J ^a   Halanova M ^a   Horvath M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Encephalitozoon cuniculi; Hyperimmunization; Immunohistochemistry; Mice; Microsporidial infections; Rabbits

Indexed keywords

EID: 2842594008     PISSN: 00017213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2754/avb199766020095     Document Type: Article

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