A study of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in cattle

Irish Veterinary Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 35-38

  Costello, Eamon ^a   O'Reilly, Patrick F ^a   Yearsley, Dermot K ^a   O'Grady, Donnacha P ^a   O'Reilly, Louis M ^a   Collins, John D ^b   Monaghan, Michael L ^b   Bassett, Hugh F ^b  

^a Central Veterinary Research Laboratory Castleknock Ireland   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Antibody; Cattle; ELISA; Sensitivity; Specificity; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 3142621132     PISSN: 03680762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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