| removal of lipid from serum increases coherence between brucellosis rapid agglutination test and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in bears in alaska, usa. | in cases of chronic brucella spp. infection, results of the rose bengal plate test (rbpt) and indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) should be coherent, as reported in controlled conditions in the literature. we compared rbpt and elisa results in 58 alaska grizzly bears ( ursus arctos horribilis), eight kodiak brown bears ( ursus arctos middendorffi), and six alaska peninsula brown bears ( ursus arctos gyas). of the 72 bears tested, 42 (58%) were elisa positive and 53 (73%) were rbpt ... | 2016 | 27458833 |