DETECTION OF MORAXELLA-BOVIS ANTIBODIES IN INFECTIOUS BOVINE KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS BY A PASSIVE HEMAGGLUTINATION TEST

  • 1 January 1976
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 37  (12) , 1489-1492
Abstract
A passive hemagglutination test was developed to detect antibody response to M. bovis in [calf] tears. Tannic acid-treated sheep erythrocytes were sensitized with sonicated antigen prepared from M. bovis cultures. The test was a relatively simple, specific and reliable procedure for titrating antibodies in lacrimal secretions. The hemagglutination test could be a valuable method for seroepizootiologic investigation of infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis.