Assessment of performance of selected serological tests for diagnosing brucellosis in pigs

Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 150-158

  Muñoz, Pilar M ^a   Blasco, José M ^a   Engel, Bas ^b   de Miguel, María Jesús ^a   Marín, Clara M ^a   Dieste, Lucía ^a   Mainar Jaime, Raúl C ^a  

^a Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón IA2   (Spain)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brucella suis; Diagnostic; ELISA; Pigs; Rose Bengal Test

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BLOCKING ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRUCELLA SUIS; BRUCELLOSIS; COMPETITIVE ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; INDIRECT ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; NONHUMAN; ROSE BENGAL TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGY; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; BRUCELLA SUIS; BRUCELLOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; ROSE BENGAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES; ZOONOSES;

ANIMALIA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS BIOVAR SUIS; SUIDAE;

EID: 84859509571     PISSN: 01652427     EISSN: 18732534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2012.02.012     Document Type: Article

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