Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
Cog·gins test Pronunciation:
'käg-&nz- Function:
noun : a serological immunodiffusion test for the diagnosis of equine infectiousanemia especially in horses by the presence of antibodies to the causative lentivirus called also
Coggins —
Coggins test transitive verb Coggins, Leroy(b 1932), American veterinary virologist. Coggins held successive positions as professor of veterinary virology at Cornell and North Carolina State Universities. In addition to hisresearch on equine infections anemia, his areas of research included equine influenza and the viruses of variola, hog cholera, bovine virus diarrhea, and African swine fever. He introduced the Cogginstest in 1970.
