| dc.contributor.author | Gathura, PB | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gathuma, JM | |
| dc.contributor.author | Lindqvist, KJ | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-07-22T09:05:42Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-07-22T09:05:42Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1987 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Bulletin of Animal Health and Production in Africa 1987 Vol. 35 No. 4 pp. 304-307 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://www.cabdirect.org/abstracts/19880849433.html?resultNumber=4&q=au%3A%22Lindqvist%2C+K.+J.%22 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11295/88548 | |
| dc.description.abstract | A partially purified hydatid cyst antigen preparation was obtained by the precipitation of lipoproteins which were redissolved and then boiled at 100°C for 15 min to inactivate heat labile components. After the absorption of host components one thermostable protein remained which was shown to correspond to antigen B. Antigen B was used in an intradermal test for hydatid disease in cattle and goats. An attempt to determine the molecular weight was also made. When a 3 mm increase in skin thickness after 30 min was regarded as positive, intradermal tests in cattle gave a specificity of 97% and a sensitivity of 57%. In goats, however, there was a complete overlap in skin reactivity between animals with and those without hydatid disease. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en_US |
| dc.title | The use of an intradermal test (Casoni) for the diagnosis of hydatid disease in livestock. | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
| dc.type.material | en | en_US |
