Comparison of six serological methods for the diagnosis of bovine brucellosis
1982
Kim, K.H. | An, S.H. | Park, Y.H. (Office of Rural Development, Suweon (Korea R.). Inst. of Veterinary Research)
This experiment was conducted to compare six serological tests for diagnosing bovine brucellosis standard plate agglutination test (SPT), standard tube agglutination test (STT), complement fixation test (CFT), Rivanol test (RT), agar gel precipitation test (AGP) and counter immunoelectrophoresis (CIEP) in using 38 sera from brucella reactors and 222 sera from cattle. The SPT gave 1.6% apparent false negative reactions and 15.4% apparent false positive reactions when compared with STT which is an official test for bovine brucellosis in this country. The distribution of antibody titers determined by STT showed that 37.5% of 38 reactors had antibody titers of 400 or higher. When 38 reactors judged by STT were tested by CFT and RT, 32 cattle (82.4%) were positive by CFT and 33 catlle (86.8%) were positive by RT respectivily. This results suggest that Rt is comparable to CFT in the diagnosis of bovine brucellosis. The results also indicated that both AGP and CIEP were insensitive to detect brucella infection in cattle
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