On the substantial variation in serological responses in pigs to Sarcoptes scabiei var. suis using different commercially available indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays

Parasitology Research

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 24-30

  Lowenstein M ^a   Kahlbacher, H ^a   Peschke, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LITTER SIZE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SEROLOGY; SEROPREVALENCE; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

ACAR; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 4544305861     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-004-1168-7     Document Type: Article

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