Neospora caninum IgG avidity tests: An interlaboratory comparison

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 140, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 273-280

  Bjorkman C ^a   Alvarez Garcia, G ^b   Conraths, F J ^d   Mattsson, J G ^a   Ortega Mora, L M ^b   Sager, H ^c   Schares, G ^d  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibody; Cattle; ELISA; IgG avidity; Interlaboratory; Neospora caninum

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ARTICLE; CATTLE DISEASE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION; EXPERIENCE; INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY; NEOSPORA CANINUM; NONHUMAN; SERUM; STATISTICS; ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; BLOOD; CATTLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COCCIDIOSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSIS, MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; NEOSPORA; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; NEOSPORA CANINUM;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COCCIDIOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; NEOSPORA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33750692724     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2006.04.030     Document Type: Article

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