Evaluation of a commercial rabies ELISA as a replacement for serum neutralization assays as part of the pet travel scheme and oral vaccination campaigns of foxes

Berliner und Munchener Tierarztliche Wochenschrift

Volumn 123, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 278-285

  Knoop, Eva V ^a   Freuling, Conrad M ^b   Kliemt, Jeannette ^b   Selhorst, Thomas ^b   Conraths, Franz J ^b   Müller, Thomas ^b  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cats; Dogs; ELISA; FAVN; Foxes; Oral rabies vaccination of foxes; Pet travel scheme; Rabies; RFFIT

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CANIDAE; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

RABIES VACCINE; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAT; DOG; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOX; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; RABIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY; STATISTICS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CATS; DOGS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOXES; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; RABIES; RABIES VACCINES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 77956634359     PISSN: 00059366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2376/0005-9366-123-278     Document Type: Article

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