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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 1998, p. 566-568, Vol. 36, No. 2
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Antibody Tests for Identification of Mycobacterium bovis-Infected Bovine Herds

M. Amadori,1,* S. Tameni,1 P. Scaccaglia,1 S. Cavirani,2 I. L. Archetti,1 and R. Quondam Giandomenico1

Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell'Emilia, Brescia,1 and Istituto di Malattie Infettive, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Parma,2 Italy

Received 20 June 1997/Returned for modification 27 August 1997/Accepted 16 October 1997

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 tuberculin as the antigen. Antibody was detected in sera from both types of herd, with a widely overlapping range of titers. However, a "tail" of high-titered sera was observed for the distribution of data for only those cattle from TB-infected herds.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Lombardia e dell'Emilia, via A. Bianchi 7, 25124 Brescia, Italy. Phone: 0039-30-2290281. Fax: 0039-30-225613. E-mail: hans{at}ns.numerica.it.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, February 1998, p. 566-568, Vol. 36, No. 2
0095-1137/98/$04.00+0
Copyright © 1998, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.




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