Preliminary Evaluation of Diagnostic Tests Using Horses Experimentally Infected with Trypanosoma evansi

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 161, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 287-300

  Wernery, U ^a   Zachariah, R ^a   Mumford, J A ^b   Luckins, T ^c  

^a CENTRAL VETERINARY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Horse; Serological tests; Surra; Trypanosoma evansi; UAE

Indexed keywords

PARASITE ANTIGEN; PROTOZOON ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MOUSE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; MICE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS; TRYPANOSOMA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

EID: 85047681611     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/tvjl.2000.0560     Document Type: Article

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