Adaptation of a complement fixation test for large scale serological diagnosis of bovine leptospirosis
- 1 October 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in New Zealand Veterinary Journal
- Vol. 25 (10) , 261-262
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00480169.1977.34424
Abstract
Details are given of a method of performing a semi-automated complement fixation test for the diagnosis of bovine leptospirosis. A “Dynatiter” machine is used which enables 288 sera to be tested per hour. In a comparative study it was shown that using this semi-automated test fewer than 5% of antibody titres differed from those obtained using a manual test, either with single antigens or a polyvalent antigen.Keywords
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