Comparisons among two serological tests and microscopic examination for the detection of Theileria annulata in cattle in northern Sudan

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 323-326

  Salih, D A ^a   Hassan, S M ^b   El Hussein, A M ^a  

^a Central Veterinary Research Laboratory Sudan   (Sudan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

Author keywords

IFA; Microscopic examination; TaSP ELISA; Theileria annulata

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL PROTEIN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY; TASP PROTEIN, THEILERIA ANNULATA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL PARASITOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SUDAN; THEILERIA ANNULATA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS; SUDAN; THEILERIA ANNULATA; THEILERIASIS;

BOS; THEILERIA ANNULATA;

EID: 34447295660     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2007.05.008     Document Type: Article

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