The complement fixation test (CFT), competitive enzyme immunoassay (CELISA), indirect enzyme immunoassay (IELISA) and fluorescence polarization assay (FPA) were evaluated for the detection of antibodies to Brucella abortus and Brucella suis biotype 4 in caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou), elk (Cervus elapus), red deer (Cervus elapus), and reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus). When combining the data the FPA and the CELISA were determined to be the most suitable tests for serodiagnosis of Cervidae. The overall actual sensitivity of the CFT and the IELISA was 100%. The overall actual sensitivity for the CELISA and FPA was 99%. The overall relative specificity of the CFT (including treatment of anti-complementary data as positive or negative for analysis), the CELISA, the IELISA and the FPA were 65%, 93%, 99%, 99%, and 99%, respectively. The specificities of the buffered plate agglutination test (BPAT), the CFT, the CELISA, the FPA and the IELISA for 55 elk vaccinated with B. abortus strain 19 and tested 4 mo post vaccination were 14%, 31%, 51%, 84%, and 2%, respectively. The FPA is the diagnostic test of choice because it has sensitivity and specificity values comparable to the CELISA; it has the capability to distinguish vaccinal antibody and antibody resulting from exposure to cross-reacting organisms such as Yersinia enterocolitica 0:9 from antibody to Brucella spp. in most cases; it is technically simple to do; it is adaptable to field use and it is relatively inexpensive.
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1 January 2001
EVALUATION OF THE FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION ASSAY AND COMPARISON TO OTHER SEROLOGICAL ASSAYS FOR DETECTION OF BRUCELLOSIS IN CERVIDS
D. Gall,
K. Nielsen,
L. Forbes,
W. Cook,
D. Leclair,
S. Balsevicius,
L. Kelly,
P. Smith,
M. Mallory
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Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 37 • No. 1
January 2001
Vol. 37 • No. 1
January 2001
Brucella spp.
buffered antigen plate agglutination test
Cervidae
comparative serologic diagnostic tests
competitive ELISA
complement fixation test
fluorescence polarization assay