title: Recovery of Brucella abortus in culture from a 5 ml sample of bovine blood.
abstract: Calvings in a herd infected by Brucella abortus were monitored by cultural examination of milk and mucus and by serological and cultural examination of 5 ml samples of the blood. Out of 129 samples from which culture of B abortus was attempted, only one yielded a positive result.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology*; D002003:Brucella abortus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002007:Brucellosis, Bovine / Q000382:microbiology*; D002417:Cattle; D003470:Culture Media; D005260:Female
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media