Evaluation of a commercial ELISA for the specific detection of antibodies against Besnoitia besnoiti

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 175, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 52-59

  Schares, G ^a   Basso, W ^a,b,c   Majzoub, M ^d   Rostaher, A ^d   Scharr, J C ^d   Langenmayer, M C ^d   Selmair, J ^e   Dubey, J P ^f   Cortes, H C ^g   Conraths, F J ^a   Haupt, T ^g   Purro M ^g   Raeber, A ^g   Buholzer, P ^g   Gollnick, N S ^d  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS VETERINARIAS   (Argentina)

^c Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e USDA ^*

^f AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^g Prionics AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Besnoitia besnoiti; Besnoitiosis; Bradyzoite; Cattle; ELISA; IFAT; Immunoblot; Neospora caninum; Tachyzoite

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ABORTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; APICOMPLEXA; ARTICLE; BESNOITIA BESNOITI; BESNOITIOSIS; CATTLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GERMANY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; NEOSPOROSIS; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COCCIDIOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; SARCOCYSTIDAE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

ANIMALIA; BESNOITIA; BESNOITIA BESNOITI; BOS; BOVINAE; NEOSPORA CANINUM; PROTOZOA; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 78649486822     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.09.024     Document Type: Article

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