An Automated Brucellosis Test System with a Proven Track Record
Klaus Nielsen · 2018
BrucellosisinswineiscausedalmostexclusivelybyBrucellasuisandiscurrently diagnosedusingthesametestproceduresemployedforBrucellaabortus.Asdirectedby theUniformMethodsandRules(UMR),moststatesscreen-testswinesamplesforbrucellosis usingtheB.abortusplateagglutination(BAPA)test.Positivesamplesarethenretested usingthebufferedbrucellaantigen(BBA)cardtest.Occasionally,card-positivesamplesare subsequentlytestedusingtherivanolprecipitation(RIV)test,complementfixation(CF)test, \WELL and/orstandardtubeagglutinationtest(STI)toaidindeterminingthestatusofswinefor B.suisinfection.