COMPARATIVE EFFICACY OF COMPLEMENT-FIXATION, AGAROSE-GEL PRECIPITATION AND SLIDE AGGLUTINATION TESTS FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF CHLAMYDIAL INFECTIONS

The comparative efficacy of agarose gel precipitation test (AGPT) comp lement fixation test (CFT) and slide agglutination test (SAT) was eval uated for the serodiagnosis of chlamydial infections in different spec ies of animals and birds. The sensitivity of SAT over AGPT and CFT ran ged from 75.26 per cent to 83.58 per cent. None of the sera a that was negative in AGPT or CFT was observed to be positive in SAT. The SAT, therefore, appears to be highly specific though its sensitivity is low . The test being simple and easy to perform can be conducted in field conditions to record the seroprevalence of chlamydial infections in sh eep, goats, poultry, wild birds and pigs.