Application of an indirect ELISA to milk samples to identify cows with Mycoplasma bovis mastitis

 Vet Record 

Volume146Issue13, March 2000, Pages 368-369, First published: 25 March 2000,  



Abstract

An indirect ELISA was used to detect antibodies to Mycoplasma bovis in milk samples collected from a herd with M bovis mastitis. Antibodies were detected in samples from nine cows which had developed clinical M bovis mastitis. Milk from only three consistently antigen-negative cows tested positive for M bovis antibodies. These results indicate the potential value of the indirect ELISA for the detection of cows which have recently developed M bovis mastitis during the early stages of an outbreak.

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