Hanan  Mohamed Elsheikh, Sawsan  Abbas Mohamed-Ahmed, Maha  Ibrahim Khojali, Salaheddin  Omer Hassan, 
    Investigations on Seroprevalence of Bovine Brucellosis in Northeastern, Sudan,
    Veterinary Research,
    Volume 5,Issue 2,
    2012,
    Pages 13-15,
    ISSN 1993-5412,
    vr.2012.13.15,
    (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=vr.2012.13.15)
    Abstract: A total of 377 serum samples were collected from un-vaccinated cattle brought for slaughter in Northeastern, Sudan to determine the seroprevalence of Bovine Brucellosis (BB) and to evaluate preliminarily the in-house Rose Bengal Plate Test (RBPT). The RBPT and Indirect Enzyme Linked Immunosorbant Assay (I-ELISA) were used to screen all serum samples. The RBPT was carried out in two approaches, the standard RBPT and modified RBPT (mRBPT). The seroprevalence of BB based on I-ELISA and RBPTs were respectively 15.4% (58/377) and 14.3% (54/377). A total of 6.9% (4/58) of true positive was misdiagnosed as negative by both RBPTs whereas 37% (20/54) of strong positive reaction (+3) by mRBPT was agglutinated weakly (+1) by RBPT.
    Keywords: Sudan;brucellosis;prevalence;Bovine;misdiagnosed;sensitive