Evaluation of assay procedures for prediction of passive transfer status in lambs

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 593-598

  Massimini, Genesio ^a,c   Peli, Angelo ^b   Boari, Andrea ^a   Britti, Domenico ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c University of Catanzaro Magna Græcia ^*  (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIURET; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTEIN; PLASMA PROTEIN;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAMB; NONHUMAN; PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION; PREDICTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; REFRACTOMETRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; BLOOD; IMMUNOLOGY; ITALY; METABOLISM; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

ANIMALS; BLOOD PROTEINS; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNIZATION, PASSIVE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; ITALY; SHEEP;

EID: 33646823150     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.67.4.593     Document Type: Article

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