An Indirect ELISA for Detection of Encephalitozoon cuniculi Infection in Farmed Blue Foxes (Alopex lagopus)

Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

J Åkerstedt¹ 

[1]National Veterinary Institute, Oslo, Norway

关键词: indirect immunofluorescence;    carbon immunoassay;    ELISA;    encephalitozoonosis;    microsporidia;   

Others  :  790182
DOI  :  10.1186/1751-0147-43-211

 received in 2002-04-15, accepted in 2002-07-02,  发布年份 2002

   

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