Open AccessAglutininas anti-Brucella abortus no soro e em secreção de bursite cervical em eqüinos
Author(s) -
Márcio Garcia Ribeiro,
G. Nardi Júnior,
Jane Megid,
Antônio Carlos Paes,
Fernando José Paganini Listoni
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
arquivo brasileiro de medicina veterinária e zootecnia/arquivo brasileiro de medicina veterinária e zootecnia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.213
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1678-4162
pISSN - 0102-0935
DOI - 10.1590/s0102-09352003000100015
Subject(s) - withers , brucella abortus , agglutination (biology) , veterinary medicine , direct agglutination test , titer , horse , brucellosis , medicine , biology , serology , immunology , body weight , antigen , antibody , paleontology
Fistulous wither secretions from three horses were tested by the plate agglutination (PAT), tube agglutination (SAT), buffered plate-Rose Bengal (RBPT) and 2-mercaptoethanol (2-ME) tests, comparatively with standard agglutination tests. In the modified tests, titers were increased in the PAT, SAT and 2-ME tests and positive reaction was observed in RBPT. Brucella abortus was isolated from the secretion of fistulous withers collected from one animal. These results suggest that the modified tests may be used as alternative tests to diagnose brucellosis in horses with fistulous withers