| comparison of complement fixation test, competitive elisa and lppq elisa with post-mortem findings in the diagnosis of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (cbpp). | the complement fixation test (cft), the c-elisa and an indirect lppq elisa were compared to post-mortem (pm) inspection for the diagnosis of contagious bovine pleuropneumonia (cbpp). sera from 797 cattle in the cbpp affected area of kazungula, zambia and 202 sera from lusaka, zambia, a cbpp-free area were used. the clinical history of cbpp was recorded and all the cattle from kazungula were slaughtered and pm inspections conducted. the prevalence of cbpp in kazungula was 67.5% (95%ci 67.2%, 70.8 ... | 2011 | 21347829 |