The application of the indirect fluorescent antibody test in research on heartwater
| dc.contributor.author | Heartwater : Past, Present and Future. Workshop (1986 : Kruger National Park, South Africa) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Du Plessis, J.L. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Malan, Letitia | |
| dc.contributor.editor | Bigalke, R.D. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-11-19T10:19:31Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-11-19T10:19:31Z | |
| dc.date.created | 2014 | |
| dc.date.issued | 1987 | |
| dc.description | The articles have been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590; 600dpi. Adobe Acrobat XI Pro was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format. | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The preparation of the antigen, details of the reagents, the titration of the antispecies conjugates and the execution of the indirect fluorescent antibody test are described. The sensitivity and specificity of the test and its applicability to the detection of antibodies to Cowdria ruminantium are recorded. The test is both highly specific and sensitive and can be applied to a wide range of studies on heartwater, including epidemiology, determination of the C. ruminantium infection rate of Amblyomma ticks and the evaluation of immunization against heartwater. The test can also be used to detect antibodies to the heartwater agent in the sera of game. | en_US |
| dc.description.librarian | lmchunu2014 | en_US |
| dc.description.librarian | mn2014 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Du Plessis, JL & Malan, L 1987, 'The application of the indirect fluorescent antibody test in research on heartwater’, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 54, no. 3, pp. 319-325. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0330-2465 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/42666 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Published by the Government Printer, Pretoria. | en_US |
| dc.rights | ©ARC - Onderstepoort and Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria (original). ©University of Pretoria. Dept. of Library Services (digital). | en_US |
| dc.subject | Veterinary medicine | en_US |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Veterinary medicine -- South Africa | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Heartwater -- South Africa | en |
| dc.title | The application of the indirect fluorescent antibody test in research on heartwater | en_US |
| dc.title.alternative | Heartwater : past, present and future : proceedings of a workshop held at Berg en Dal, Kruger National Park, on 8-16 September 1986 | |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |