A comparative assessment of culture and serology in the diagnosis of brucellosis in dairy cattle

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 199, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 370-375

  O'Grady, D ^a,c   Byrne, W ^a   Kelleher, P ^b   O'Callaghan, H ^a   Kenny, K ^a   Heneghan, T ^d   Power, S ^d   Egan, J ^a   Ryan, F ^c  

^a CENTRAL VETERINARY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Ireland)

^b Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine   (Ireland)

^c DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^d Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine Blood Testing Laboratory ^*  (Ireland)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Cattle; Culture; Diagnosis; Serology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOASSAY; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; COMPLEMENT FIXATION TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY CATTLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENCE POLARISATION ASSAY; GOLD STANDARD; HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL ILIAC LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE; NONHUMAN; RETROPHARYNGEAL LYMPH NODE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEROLOGY; SUPRAMAMMARY LYMPH NODE; TISSUE CULTURE; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL COUNT; BOVINAE; CATTLE DISEASES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; IRELAND; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BRUCELLA ABORTUS; BRUCELLOSIS; CATTLE; CATTLE DISEASES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; IRELAND; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 84897380315     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: 15322971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2014.01.008     Document Type: Article

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