Adaptation of a commercial ELISA to determine the IgG avidity in sheep experimentally and naturally infected with Neospora caninum

Veterinary Parasitology

Volumn 203, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 21-28

  Syed Hussain, S S ^a,b   Howe, L ^b   Pomroy, W E ^b   West, D M ^b   Smith, S L ^b   Williamson, N B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Avidity IgG; ELISA; N. caninum; Serology; Sheep

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; UREA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELISA KIT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EWE; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; FEMALE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INOCULATION; LAMB; NEOSPOROSIS; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; SHEEP; TACHYZOITE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AVIDITY IGG; ELISA; N. CANINUM; SEROLOGY; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; COCCIDIOSIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; NEOSPORA; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SHEEP; SHEEP DISEASES;

EID: 84899994256     PISSN: 03044017     EISSN: 18732550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2014.01.003     Document Type: Article

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