Zaragoza, España
The S-LPS based serological tests (RB, FC and i-ELISA) used routinely fordiagnosing swine brucellosis do not discriminate the immunological responses due to brucellosis from FPSR due to infections caused by other bacteria like Y. enterocolitica O:9. Gel Diffusion (GD)Counterimmunoelectrophoresis (CIE) and i-ELISA tests using an O-polysaccharide free cytosolic extract obtained from B. abortus manBcore were developed and evaluated to discriminate brucellosis from FPSR. A total of 169 sera from culture positive sows, 423 sera from brucellosis free sows and 185 sera from sows belonging to FPSR affected farms were used for evaluation. The i-ELISA with cytosolic antigen was resulting in very low diagnostic performance. By contrast, GD and CIE with the same cytosolic extract resulted in moderate diagnostic sensitivity (67.5% and 66.9% respectively) but being simultaneously 100% specific in both brucellosis free farms and farms affected by FPSR, offering then a practical alternative to the brucellin skin test to discriminate brucellosis from the FPSR at herd level.
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