Validation of a commercially available cELISA test for canine neosporosis against an indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT)

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 315-320

  Capelli, Gioia ^a   Natale, Alda ^a   Nardelli, Stefano ^a   Regalbono, Antonio Frangipane Di ^b   Pietrobelli, Mario ^b  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dog; Neospora caninum; Serological diagnosis; Validation with partial verification

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COCCIDIOSIS; DOG; DOG DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; NEOSPORA; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; COCCIDIOSIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; MALE; NEOSPORA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 33644501829     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2005.10.001     Document Type: Article

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