Assessment of a commercial sandwich ELISA in the diagnosis of aspergillosis in falcons

Veterinary Record

Volumn 158, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 442-444

  Arca Ruibal, B ^a,c   Wernery, U ^b   Zachariah, R ^b   Bailey, T A ^a   Di Somma, A ^a   Silvanose, C ^a   McKinney, P ^c  

^a Dubai Falcon Hospital   (United Arab Emirates)

^b CENTRAL VETERINARY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c Al Wasl Veterinary Clinic   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALACTOMANNAN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLOSIS; ASPERGILLUS; BIRD; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ASPERGILLUS; AVES; CICONIIFORMES;

EID: 33645919281     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.158.13.442     Document Type: Article

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