Use of an ELISA test in the eradication of an equine infectious anaemia focus.

Autor: dos Reis JK; Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Veterinary School, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil., Melo LM, Rezende MR, Leite RC
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Tropical animal health and production [Trop Anim Health Prod] 1994 May; Vol. 26 (2), pp. 65-8.
DOI: 10.1007/BF02239899
Abstrakt: An enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test and the classic agar gel immunodiffusion (AGID) test were used as diagnostic methods in the eradication of a focus of equine infectious anaemia from a herd of 86 horses. The ELISA test proved to be more sensitive, detecting positive animals earlier than the AGID test. A group of 16 animals positive only by ELISA also became positive to the AGID when retested one month later, except for 2 animals which showed clinical signs of the disease and died before retesting.
Databáze: MEDLINE