Development and evaluation of an antibody ELISA for sarcoptic mange in sheep and a comparison with the skin-scraping method

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 82-92

  Rodriguez Cadenas F ^a   Carbajal Gonzalez M T ^a   Fregeneda Grandes, J M ^a   Aller Gancedo, J M ^a   Huntley, J F ^b   Rojo Vazquez F A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

^b MOREDUN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biological factors; ELISA; Latent class analysis; Repeatability; ROC analysis; Sarcoptes scabiei; Sensitivity; Skin scraping; Specificity

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REPRODUCIBILITY; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASE; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; EVALUATION STUDY; PROCEDURES; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LOGISTIC MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; SCABIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES; SPAIN;

ACARI; ANIMALIA; OESTRUS OVIS; OVIS; OVIS ARIES; SARCOPTES SCABIEI; TRICHOPHYTON VERRUCOSUM;

EID: 77954424642     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2010.05.009     Document Type: Article

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