Comparison of complement fixation test, immunoblotting, indirect ELISA, and competitive ELISA for detecting antibodies to Mycoplasma mycoides subspecies mycoides small colony (SC) in naturally infected cattle from the 1995 outbreak in Botswana

dc.contributor.authorMarobela-Raborokgwe, C.
dc.contributor.authorNicholas, R.
dc.contributor.authorAyling, R.
dc.contributor.authorBashiruddin, J.B.
dc.contributor.editorBoomker, Jacob Diederik Frederik
dc.date.accessioned2011-12-01T06:39:05Z
dc.date.available2011-12-01T06:39:05Z
dc.date.created2011
dc.date.issued2003
dc.descriptionThe articles have been scanned with a HP Scanjet 8300; 600dpi, saved in TIFF format. Adobe Acrobat v.9 was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format.en
dc.description.abstractFour serological tests were compared in order to evaluate their efficacies in detecting antibodies to M. mycoides subspecies mycoides SC in cattle sera sampled in 1995 from herds affected with contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (CBPP) in the north-western part of Botswana . Tests that were compared included immunoblotting test (IBT) , indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (i-ELlSA), competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (c-ELISA) and complement fixation test (CFT). The percentages of seropositive samples in the i-ELISA (48%) and in the c-ELlSA (48 %) were similar but were comparatively lower than those obtained by the IBT (57%) and CFT (61 %). The percentages of positive sera in the IBT and CFT were also similar and overall the efficacy of these tests was better than that of the two ELISA tests. There was 95.5 % agreement between the IBT and CFT, 85 % agreement between the IBT and c-ELISA, 90.9 % agreement between the IBT and i-ELlSA, 88.6% agreement between the i-ELlSA and CFT, 80% agreement between the c-ELISA and CFT and 90% agreement between the two ELISA tests. It became clearly evident from this comparative study that no single serological test was capable of detecting all animals affected by CBPP under natural field conditions of infection.en
dc.description.sponsorshipBotswana Government.en
dc.identifier.citationMarobela-Raborokgwe, C, Nicholas, R, Ayling, R & Bashiruddin, JB 2003, 'Comparison of complement fixation test, immunoblotting, indirect ELISA, and competitive ELISA for detecting antibodies to Mycoplasma mycoides subspecies mycoides small colony (SC) in naturally infected cattle from the 1995 outbreak in Botswana'. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 70, no. 1, pp. 21-27.en
dc.identifier.issn0030-2465
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/17670
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherPublished jointly by the Agricultural Research Council, ARC-Onderstepoort Veterinary Institute and the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria.en
dc.rights© ARC-Onderstepoort and Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria (original). © University of Pretoria. Dept of Library Services (digital).en
dc.subjectVeterinary medicineen
dc.subjectBotswanaen
dc.subjectCBPPen
dc.subjectCompetitive ELISAen
dc.subjectComplement fixalion testen
dc.subjectImmunoblottingen
dc.subjectIndirect ELISAen
dc.subject.lcshVeterinary medicine -- South Africa
dc.subject.lcshVeterinary medicine -- History -- South Africaen
dc.titleComparison of complement fixation test, immunoblotting, indirect ELISA, and competitive ELISA for detecting antibodies to Mycoplasma mycoides subspecies mycoides small colony (SC) in naturally infected cattle from the 1995 outbreak in Botswanaen
dc.typeArticleen

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