Diagnosis of swine brucellosis
Use of immunological diagnostic tests (detection of specific antibodies using rose bengale test and ELISA, experimental use of interferon-gamma detection assays) and bacteriology for the detection of infections caused by Brucella suis in swine and in wild boar.
Objectives:
- Etiological and epidemiological diagnosis of infections caused by Brucella suis in swine
- Optimization of techniques aiming at the detection of the cellular immune response for specific diagnosis of swine brucellosis
- Detection of Brucella suis in wild reservoir
- Implementation of molecular characterization techniques for the epidemiological analysis of outbreaks due to Brucella suis.
Start date: January 1st, 2010
Head of the research line:
Pérez Sancho, Marta
VISAVET unit involved:
• Neglected and Emerging Diseases Unit (NED)
