Alberts, J.N.Erasmus, J.A.Verwoerd, Daniel Wynand2013-09-122013-09-1220131995Alberts, JN & Erasmus, JA 1995, 'Detection of Brucella abortus antigens by immunoperoxidase histochemical staining of lochia smears’. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 62, no. 2, pp. 147-150.0330-2465http://hdl.handle.net/2263/31682The articles have been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590; 600dpi. Adobe Acrobat XI Pro was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format.An immunoperoxidase histochemical staining technique for the detection of Brucella abortus organisms in lochia of brucellosis-infected cows was described. In comparison with the standard culture technique, the former method resulted in 36% false positive and 2,3% false negative reactions, which represents a sensitivity of 82% and a specificity of 94%. False positive reactions are presumably the result of organisms which succumbed during transit. The feasibility of the test in the confirmation of brucellosis is discussed.en© ARC-Onderstepoort (original). © University of Pretoria. Dept of Library Services (digital).Veterinary medicineBrucella abortusImmunoperoxidase histochemical stainingLochiaVeterinary medicine -- South AfricaArticle