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Diagnosis of Brucella Abortus Infection in Dairy Animals

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Title Diagnosis of Brucella Abortus Infection in Dairy Animals
Indian Vet. J., March 2013, 90 (3) : 83 - 85
 
Creator Ganesan, P.I.
 
Subject Brucella Abortus Infection
Dairy animals
 
Description In this study comparative efficacy of Dot-ELISA with Milk-ELISA was carried out in the diagnosis of bovine B. Abortus infection. For this study 199 sera and milk samples each with the history of abortion, retained placenta, repeat breeding, pyrexia, and arthiritis / hygroma were collected from the animals in the endemic areas of Tamil Nadu. The samples were tested by Dot-ELISA and Milk-ELISA. Of 199 sera samples tested Dot-ELISA detected 25 (12.5%) as positives and M-ELISA detected 30 samples (15.07%) as positive. On comparison, Dot-ELISA showed 73% sensitivity and 100% specificity. All the 25 samples detected in the Dot-ELISA were also positive for M-ELISA. Five samples detected as negative by Dot-ELISA were positive by M-ELISA. Statistical analysis revealed significant difference (p
 
Date 2016-06-03T11:41:03Z
2016-06-03T11:41:03Z
2013-03
 
Type Article
 
Identifier http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/66703
 
Language en
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher Indian Veterinary Journal