Validation of a commercial enzyme immunoassay for detection of Clostridium difficile toxins in feces of horses with acute diarrhea

Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 628-632

  Medina Torres, C E ^b   Weese, J S ^a   Staempfli, H R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Colitis; Diagnosis; ELISA; Equine

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIARRHEA; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EVALUATION; FECES; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DIARRHEA; FECES; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

ANIMALIA; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; EQUIDAE;

EID: 77954374771     PISSN: 08916640     EISSN: 19391676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2010.00506.x     Document Type: Article

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