Effect of Long-Term Freezing on Indirect Fluorescent Antibody Titers for the Diagnosis of Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis
Freezing samples at -80°C for more than 18 months might alter test results, leading to possible changes in serum to CSF ratio calculations and affecting the interpretation of results for clinical and research purposes.
Authors
- Magdalena Plancarte
- Monica Aleman
- Woutrina Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8976-8347)
- Munashe Chigerwe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6841-2448)
- Andrea E. Packham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7902-351X)
- Shichen Zheng (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6978-1840)
- Claudia Valderrama‐Martinez
- Jorge Eduardo Mendoza‐Flores
Institutions
- Universidad Nacional de Colombia (CO)
- University of California, Davis (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine
- Published
- 2025-08-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/jvim.70225
- Primary Topic
- Parasitic Infections and Diagnostics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00