Evaluation of different serological tests for the detection of antibodies against highly pathogenic avian influenza in experimentally infected ostriches (Struthio camelus)

Avian Pathology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-15

  Toffan, Anna ^a   Olivier, Adriaan ^b   Mancin, Marzia ^a   Tuttoilmondo, Valentina ^a   Facco, Daniele ^a   Capua, Ilaria ^a   Terregino, Calogero ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLE VENEZIE   (Italy)

^b Klein Karoo International   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BLOOD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; IMMUNODIFFUSION; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N2; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; OSTRICH; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TESTS; IMMUNODIFFUSION; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N2 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRUTHIONIFORMES;

AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; STRUTHIO CAMELUS; STRUTHIONIFORMES;

EID: 77449115131     PISSN: 03079457     EISSN: 14653338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03079450903431390     Document Type: Article

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