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Table 2 Detailed results of different serological tests and real time PCR for the detection of Brucella infection among cattle population during two years study period

From: Use of serology and real time PCR to control an outbreak of bovine brucellosis at a dairy cattle farm in the Nile Delta region, Egypt

 

n

RBT

ELISA

FPA

Bcsp31 PCR (Brucella genus)

AlkB PCR (B. abortus)

Animals examined in 2013 (n = 257)

123

neg

neg

neg

neg

 
 

95

neg

neg

neg

pos

pos

 

17

pos

pos

pos

pos

pos

 

6

neg

pos

neg

pos

pos

 

2

neg

pos

pos

pos

pos

 

4

neg

neg

sus

neg

na

 

5

pos

neg

neg

neg

na

 

2

pos

pos

pos

neg

na

 

2

neg

pos

sus

neg

na

 

1

neg

neg

pos

neg

na

Animals examined in 2014 (n = 263)

1

neg

neg

sus

neg

na

 

2

neg

pos

pos

neg

na

 

1

neg

pos

sus

neg

na

 

259

neg

neg

neg

neg

 
  1. n number, neg negative, pos positive, susp suspicious, na not applicable