Diagnosis of canine brucellosis by ELISA using an antigen obtained from wild Brucella canis

Research in Veterinary Science

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 340-346

  Barrouin Melo, Stella Maria ^a   Poester, Fernando Padilla ^b   Ribeiro, Marcos Borges ^a   de Alcântara, Adriano Costa ^a   Aguiar, Paulo Henrique Palis ^a   Nascimento, Ivana Lúcia ^a   Schaer, Robert Eduard ^a   Nascimento, Roberto Meyer ^a   Freire, Songelí Menezes ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b Instituto de Pesquisas Veterinarias Desiderio Finamor IPVDF   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brucella canis; Canine brucellosis; ELISA; Serodiagnosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRUCELLA CANIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOG DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNODIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; REFERENCE VALUE; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; VALIDITY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BRUCELLA CANIS; BRUCELLOSIS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR CANIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 34548548509     PISSN: 00345288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2007.02.006     Document Type: Article

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