Evaluation of the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detecting Brucella abortus antibodies.
The specificity of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) corresponds to conventional methods for detecting brucella antibodies in bovine serum. The ELISA test detected brucella antibodies early in only 12.5% of the cattle sera tested. Also, the sensitivity of ELISA was comparable to complement-fixation and Rivanol methods, but less sensitive than the standard tube agglutination method.
D000372:Agglutination Tests; D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D002003:Brucella abortus / Q000276:immunology*; D002417:Cattle / Q000276:immunology*; D003168:Complement Fixation Tests; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005260:Female; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial