Development of an antigen-capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for Clostridium perfringens beta2-toxin in porcine feces and the neonatal piglet intestine

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 895-902

  Kircanski, Jasmina ^a   Hodgins, Douglas ^a   Soltes, Glenn ^a   Pei, Yanlong ^a   Parreira, Valeria R ^a   Songer, J Glenn ^b   Prescott, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta2 toxin; Clostridium perfringens; enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; piglets

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; CPB2 PROTEIN, CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FREEZING; GENETICS; INTESTINE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; SWINE; SWINE DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BACTERIAL TOXINS; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES; FREEZING; INTESTINES; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

EID: 84865250276     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: 19434936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1040638712453584     Document Type: Article

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