ANTIBODY TESTS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS-INFECTED BOVINE HERDS

Authors
AMADORI M TAMENI S SCACCAGLIA P CAVIRANI S ARCHETTI IL GIANDOMENICO RQ
Citation
M. Amadori et al., ANTIBODY TESTS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF MYCOBACTERIUM BOVIS-INFECTED BOVINE HERDS, Journal of clinical microbiology, 36(2), 1998, pp. 566-568
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
36
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
566 - 568
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1998)36:2<566:ATFIOM>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
Antibody in sera from 560 cattle of tuberculosis (TB)-infected and TB- free herds was investigated by competition and indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays using bovine purified protein derivative tubercul in as the antigen. Antibody was detected in sera from both types of he rd, with a widely overlapping range of titers. However, a ''tail'' of high-titered sera was observed for the distribution of data for only t hose cattle from TB-infected herds.