QUESTIONABLE REACTIONS TO ROSE ENGAL TEST

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SUMMARY Disagreement between the results of Serum Agglutination Test (SAT) and Rose Bengal Test (RBT) was detected in 46 animals among 450 tested cattle in infected brucella herd. Repeated testing of these animals for three times at 2 months interval clarified the serological status of 31 out 46 cases. Modified RBT was applied with SAT and standard RBT on the rest 15 cases after heat inactivation of sera. Modified RBT results agreed with that of SAT in 14 out of the 15 cases.

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