Table 1.

Serologic and tissue-culture results from dogs with canine brucellosis

Dog #	Sex	IFAa	Blood	Lymph nodeb	Spleen	Tonsil	Mammary gland	Ovary	Uterus	Epididymis	Prostate gland
1	F	+	-	-	+c	ns	-	-	+
2	F	+	+	+	+	ns	+	-	+
3	F	+	-	-	+	ns	-	+	+
4	F	+	-	ns	-	+	-	-	-
5	F	+	+	3+	+	ns	-	-	+
6	F	+	-	+	+	ns	ns	-	-
7	F	+	+	+	+	ns	-	+	+
8	F	+	+	-	-	ns	-	-	-
9	M	+	-	+	-	ns				-	4+
10	M	+	-	+	-	ns				+	+
11	M	+	-	-	-	ns				-	+
12	M	+	-	-	-	ns				-	+
13	M	+	-	-	-	ns				-	ns

^aIFA — Indirect fluorescence using fluorescent-labeled, anti-canine IgG directed against antibodies to Brucella canis

^bSublumbar lymph node

^c+ — Isolate reported as ‘few’ or 1+ unless otherwise indicated

- — No isolate recovered

ns — Not sampled

3+ — Moderate numbers of bacteria isolated

4+ — Large numbers of bacteria isolated