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. 1972 May;23(5):894–902. doi: 10.1128/am.23.5.894-902.1972

Studies of Antigens for Complement Fixation and Gel Diffusion Tests in the Diagnosis of Infections Caused by Brucella ovis and Other Brucella

Donald M Myers 1, Lois M Jones 1, Victor M Varela-Diaz 1
PMCID: PMC380467  PMID: 4624210

Abstract

Sonically treated and saline-extracted antigens of Brucella ovis, B. canis, B. abortus, and B. melitensis were compared in gel diffusion, complement fixation, and serum absorption tests. All the sonically extracted antigens showed cross-reactions with sera from animals infected or immunized with these species, whereas the saline-extracted antigens were specific for the surface of the rough or smooth colonial phase of the species or strain. The saline-extracted antigens of B. ovis and B. melitensis were both eluted as a single peak in the void volume by Sephadex G-200 column chromatography, in gel diffusion had staining characteristics of lipoproteins, but in immunoelectrophoresis showed distinct mobility patterns. Serological activity for both gel diffusion and complement fixation tests was demonstrated in the immunoglobulin G-containing fraction of sera taken from sheep 12 to 412 days after infection with B. ovis. The gel diffusion test with saline extract of B. ovis is as sensitive as the complement fixation test for the diagnosis of ram epididymitis and is more practical.

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