Swine dysentery in a sow herd. II. Comparison of a direct fluorescent antibody test with selective culture in the laboratory diagnosis.
During and after an outbreak of swine dysentery (Doyle) two diagnostic techniques were compared: a direct fluorescent antibody test and a selective culture method. The latter was more sensitive, provided the animals were not medicated and the samples were processed on the day of collection. The widespread use of chemoprophylaxis makes selective culture as a diagnostic aid under Dutch conditions highly impractical.
D000818:Animals; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques / Q000662:veterinary*; D004403:Dysentery / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014208:Treponema / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014211:Treponemal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary*