Indirect ELISA for the detection of antibodies to Brucella melitensis in sheep milk

Veterinary Record

Volumn 155, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 639-641

  Chand, P ^a   Sadana, J R ^a   Malhotra, A K ^b   Poonia, J S ^a  

^a CCS HARYANA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Central Sheep Breeding Farm   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BRUCELLOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LACTATION; MILK; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; SHEEP DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 9444277123     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/vr.155.20.639     Document Type: Article

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