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Control of ovine brucellosis in a high performance sheep flock using multiple serological tests

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Title Control of ovine brucellosis in a high performance sheep flock using multiple serological tests
 
Creator SINGH, S V
GUPTA, V K
SINGH, N
 
Subject Abortions, Brucellosis, Dot-ELISA, Plate-ELISA, Sheep
 
Description A flock of Muzaffamagri sheep was under surveillance for incidence of reproductive losses, diagnosis and control of Brucella infection using Standard tube agglutination test (SAT) and multiple serological tests (SAT, CFT, plate-ELISA and dot-ELISA). Dot-ELISA showed better sensitivity than the SAT, eFT and plate-ELISA. At least 10.6% lambs were lost due to abortions (9.8%) and stillbirths (O.S%) from 1991 to 1995. Screening of the flock with the qualitative dot-ELISA and further quantification of positive reactors by other tests led to detection of 18.0%, 3.6% and 4.2% seropositive cases in January, 1993, September, 1993 and January, 1994 respectively. Removal of positive reactors after multiple tests screening apparently led to marked reduction in reproductive losses and prevalence of brucellosis in the flock.
 
Publisher Directorate of Knowledge Management in Agriculture
 
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Date 2013-12-12
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/35623
 
Source The Indian Journal of Animal Sciences; Vol 70, No 3 (2000)
0367-8318
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAnS/article/view/35623/15747
 
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