Indirect fluorescent antibody testing of cerebrospinal fluid for diagnosis of equine protozoal myeloencephalitis

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 869-876

  Duarte, Paulo C ^a   Ebel, Eric D ^b   Traub Dargatz, Josie ^a   Wilson, W David ^c   Conrad, Patricia A ^c   Gardner, Ian A ^c  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COCCIDIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENCEPHALOMYELITIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORSE DISEASE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NONHUMAN; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; PROBABILITY; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM PROTOZOAL INFECTIONS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; SARCOCYSTOSIS;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; SARCOCYSTIS NEURONA;

EID: 33744495993     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.67.5.869     Document Type: Article

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