| assessment of milk ring test and some serological tests in the detection of brucella melitensis in syrian female sheep. | brucella melitensis infection prevalence among syrian female sheep, to evaluate a number of serological tests and to discuss some epidemiological aspects of brucellosis, was studied. a total of 2,580 unvaccinated syrian female sheep sera samples were tested for b. melitensis antibodies detection using four serological methods: the rose bengal test (rbt), the serum agglutination test (sat), the complement fixation test (cft) and an indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ielisa). in addition, ... | 2011 | 21234678 |
| field investigations of brucellosis in cattle and small ruminants in syria, 1990-1996. | the authors present the epidemiological status of brucellosis in cattle and small ruminants in syria from 1990 to 1996, based on laboratory findings at the brucellosis centre, damascus. initial investigations using the rose bengal plate test, the complement fixation test and a miniaturised variant of the slow agglutination test were conducted throughout the country in 1990 and 1991, revealing an overall herd seroprevalence rate of 3.14% in cattle herds and 2.94% in small ruminant flocks. althoug ... | 2001 | 11732419 |