Evaluation of a serodiagnostic test using Ascaris suum haemoglobin for the detection of roundworm infections in pig populations

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 189, Issue 2-4, 2012, Pages 267-273

  Vlaminck, Johnny ^a   Nejsum, Peter ^b   Vangroenweghe, Frédéric ^c   Thamsborg, Stig Milan ^b   Vercruysse, Jozef ^a   Geldhof, Peter ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c ANIMAL HEALTH CARE FLANDERS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ascaris suum; Diagnosis; ELISA; Haemoglobin

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FECES ANALYSIS; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PARASITE SERODIAGNOSIS; PIG FARMING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROCONVERSION; SWINE DISEASE; TRICHURIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, HELMINTH; ANTIGENS, HELMINTH; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS SUUM; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMOGLOBINS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWINE; SWINE DISEASES;

ASCARIS; ASCARIS SUUM; NEMATODA; SUIDAE; TRICHURIS SUIS;

EID: 84866293595     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2012.04.024     Document Type: Article

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