title: The effect of chloroform on Brucella abortus agglutinins in whey.
abstract: Defatting milk for the Brucella abortus whey agglutination test with chloroform caused some reduction in the titre in i.u./ml. in 42 of 57 samples and this reduction exceeded 50% in seven. Though this procedure will probably rarely affect the final interpretation of the test defatting the milk by centrifugation is preferred.
mesh_terms: D000372:Agglutination Tests / Q000379:methods; D000373:Agglutinins; D000818:Animals; D002003:Brucella abortus / Q000276:immunology*; D002417:Cattle; D002498:Centrifugation; D002725:Chloroform / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005223:Fats; D005260:Female; D008892:Milk / Q000382:microbiology*; D011247:Pregnancy
chemical_list: D000373:Agglutinins; D005223:Fats; D002725:Chloroform