Development and application of an indirect ELISA test for the detection of antibodies to Mycoplasma crocodyli infection in crocodiles (Crocodylus niloticus)

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 119, Issue 2-4, 2007, Pages 283-289

  Dawo, Fufa ^a   Mohan, Krishna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Crocodile; iELISA; Mycoplasma crocodyli; Serodiagnostic test

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; REAGENT;

ALLIGATOR; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DILUTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA CROCODYLI; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; STANDARDIZATION; VENOUS BLOOD;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CROCODYLIDAE (ALL CROCODILES); CROCODYLUS NILOTICUS; MYCOPLASMA CROCODYLI;

EID: 33845944633     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2006.09.003     Document Type: Article

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