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indirect /in·di·rect/ (in″di-rekt´) 1. not immediate or straight. 2. acting through an intermediary agent. indirect done through an intermediate animal or function. indirect advertising advertising about the veterinary profession which indirectly benefits individual veterinarians. indirect comparisons comparisons made between individuals or groups in different locations. indirect contact see indirect contact. indirect fluorescent antibody see fluorescence microscopy. indirect repeat see inverted repeat. indirect selection improving one character while selecting on another. indirect social distance social distance is distance between contacts in an infectious disease; indirect social distance is distance between indirect contacts. indirect transmission of infection transmission of infection via another medium, e.g. housing or bedding, without the animals ever being close to each other. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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An indirect fluorescent antibody test for the detection of antibody to swine infertility and respiratory syndrome virus in swine sera. Two serologic methods can detect antibodies: (1) the indirect fluorescent antibody assay, which has a sensitivity of 88% and a specificity of 97%, (8) and (2) the enzyme immunoassay, which has become less popular in light of the high sensitivity and specificity of the indirect fluorescent antibody assay. Although the Western blot is the most common confirmatory test, others are sometime used, including the indirect fluorescent antibody assay (IFA) and the |
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