Evaluation of an iscom ELISA used for detection of antibodies to Neospora caninum in bulk milk

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 120-129

  Frössling, Jenny ^a   Lindberg, Ann ^b   Björkman, Camilla ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Dairy Association   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bulk milk; Iscom ELISA; Neospora caninum; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; ISCOM; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASE; COCCIDIOSIS; DAIRYING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MILK; NEOSPORA; PARASITOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; DAIRYING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ISCOMS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MILK; NEOSPORA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BOS TAURUS; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

EID: 33645986221     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2005.11.012     Document Type: Article

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