The value of a bulk-tank milk ELISA and individual serological and faecal examination for diagnosing (sub)clinical Dictyocaulus viviparus infection in dairy cows

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 184, Issue 2-4, 2012, Pages 168-179

  Ploeger, H W ^a   Verbeek, P C ^a   Dekkers, C W H ^a   Strube, C ^b   Van Engelen, E ^c   Uiterwijk, M ^a   Lam, T J G M ^c   Holzhauer, M ^c  

^a Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^c GD ANIMAL HEALTH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bulk tank milk ELISA; Dairy cows; Diagnosis; Dictyocaulus viviparus; Larval shedding; Lungworm outbreak; Monitoring; Prevalence; Serum ELISA

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARTICLE; BULK TANK MILK ELISA; CATTLE FARMING; DAIRY CATTLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DICTYOCAULOSIS; DICTYOCAULUS VIVIPARUS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEIFER; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARVA; NONHUMAN; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; DICTYOCAULUS; DICTYOCAULUS INFECTIONS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FEMALE; MILK; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; DICTYOCAULUS VIVIPARUS;

EID: 84855955321     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.08.032     Document Type: Article

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