caa a22 4500 469127201 CHVBK 20180323133153.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e19920301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02357235 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02357235 Nicoletti Paul Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, 32610, Gainesville, FL, USA aut An evaluation of serologic tests used to diagnose brucellosis in buffaloes ( Bubalus bubalis ) [Elektronische Daten] [Paul Nicoletti] Summary: Five serologic procedures were evaluated in buffaloes and results compared with cultures of 64 udder secretion specimens. The rivanol test was superior to all other methods in specificity. The card, rivanol and complement fixation tests identified all infected cows. Many sera had complement fixing antibodies while agglutinins were absent. It was concluded that these were false positive results. A new procedure, the particle concentration fluorescence immunoassay, was a ensitive screening test but lacked specificity. On a limited number of samples, the tube agglutination test lacked sensitivity and was not a very useful procedure for the diagnosis of brucellosis. All 18 isolates ofBrucella abortus were biovar 1. Centre for Tropical Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, 1992 Tropical Animal Health and Production Kluwer Academic Publishers 24/1(1992-03-01), 40-44 0049-4747 24:1<40 1992 24 11250 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02357235 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02357235 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Nicoletti Paul Department of Infectious Diseases, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, 32610, Gainesville, FL, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Tropical Animal Health and Production Kluwer Academic Publishers 24/1(1992-03-01), 40-44 0049-4747 24:1<40 1992 24 11250 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer