Comparison of ELISA and CFT assays for Chlamydophila abortus antibodies in ovine sera

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 325-328

  McCauley, L M E ^a   Lancaster, M J ^a   Young, P ^a   Butler, K L ^a   Ainsworth, C G V ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chlamydophila abortus; Complement fixation; ELISA; Sensitivity; Sheep; Specificity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLOOD; CHLAMYDOPHILA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VETERINARY ABORTION;

ABORTION, VETERINARY; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA INFECTIONS; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TESTS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA; CHLAMYDOPHILA ABORTUS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 34547792459     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.2007.00189.x     Document Type: Article

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