Development and validation of an ELISA for detecting antibodies to Eimeria tenella in chickens

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 306-313

  Constantinoiu, C C ^a   Molloy, J B ^b   Jorgensen, W K ^b   Coleman, G T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Chickens; Eimeria; ELISA; Merozoites; Sporozoites

Indexed keywords

CROSS REACTING ANTIGEN; PARASITE ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; COCCIDIOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; EIMERIA TENELLA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; MEROZOITE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PARASITE ISOLATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPOROZOITE; VACCINATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; CHICKENS; COCCIDIOSIS; CROSS REACTIONS; EIMERIA TENELLA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; POULTRY DISEASES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AVES; EIMERIA; EIMERIA TENELLA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 36248944151     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.09.019     Document Type: Article

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