Accuracy of an indirect fluorescent-antibody test and of a complement-fixation test for the diagnosis of Babesia caballi in field samples from horses

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-51

  Ogunremi, Oladele ^a   Halbert, Gary ^b   Mainar Jaime, Raul ^c   Benjamin, Jane ^a   Pfister, Kurt ^d   Lopez Rebollar, Laura ^e   Georgiadis, Marios P ^f  

^a Centre for Food Borne and Animal Parasitology   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e ONDERSTEPOORT VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^f ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Babesia caballi; Bayesian; Complement fixation test (CFT); Equine; Indirect fluorescent antibody test (IFAT); Piroplasmosis; Validation

Indexed keywords

BABESIA CABALLI; EQUIDAE;

EID: 37349048540     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2007.06.009     Document Type: Article

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