A serological survey for brucellosis in reindeer in Finnmark county, northern Norway
During September-December, 1990 to 1994, serum samples from a total of 5792 semi-domesticated reindeer (Rangifer tarandm tarandm) from Finnmark county, northern Norway, were screened for brucellosis on an indirect ELISA. There were no serologically positive animals. Twenty six of the animals had lev...
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ftunitroemsoe:oai:ojs.henry.ub.uit.no:article/292 2023-05-15T16:13:32+02:00 A serological survey for brucellosis in reindeer in Finnmark county, northern Norway Åsbakk, Kjetil Stuen, Snorre Hansen, Hilde Forbes, Lorry 1999-04-01 application/pdf https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/292 https://doi.org/10.7557/2.19.1.292 eng eng Septentrio Academic Publishing https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/292/298 https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/292 doi:10.7557/2.19.1.292 Copyright (c) 2015 Kjetil Åsbakk, Snorre Stuen, Hilde Hansen, Lorry Forbes http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ CC-BY Rangifer; Årg 19 Nr 1 (1999); 19-24 Rangifer; Vol 19 No 1 (1999); 19-24 1890-6729 Rangifer tarandus tarandus brucellosis reindeer Norway ELISA screening info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 1999 ftunitroemsoe https://doi.org/10.7557/2.19.1.292 2021-08-16T14:19:24Z During September-December, 1990 to 1994, serum samples from a total of 5792 semi-domesticated reindeer (Rangifer tarandm tarandm) from Finnmark county, northern Norway, were screened for brucellosis on an indirect ELISA. There were no serologically positive animals. Twenty six of the animals had levels of antibodies detectable on the ELISA and were classed as suspicious, but the ELISA optical density readings were low compared to the readings for reindeer that were both culture positive and seropositive for Brucella suis biovar 4. When assayed on the standard tube agglutination test (STAT), all the 26 animals were seronegative. When absorbed with cells of Yersinia enterocolitica 0-9, the antibody detectable on the ELISA could be removed to a great extent from most of the sera, indicating previous or ongoing exposure to bacteria serologically cross-reacting with Brucella in these animals. We concluded that brucellosis was not present among reindeer in Finnmark during this study. This is supported by the absence of any reports of brucellosis among reindeer in Norway. Article in Journal/Newspaper Finnmark Northern Norway Rangifer Rangifer tarandus Finnmark University of Tromsø: Septentrio Academic Publishing Norway Rangifer 19 1 19 |
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During September-December, 1990 to 1994, serum samples from a total of 5792 semi-domesticated reindeer (Rangifer tarandm tarandm) from Finnmark county, northern Norway, were screened for brucellosis on an indirect ELISA. There were no serologically positive animals. Twenty six of the animals had levels of antibodies detectable on the ELISA and were classed as suspicious, but the ELISA optical density readings were low compared to the readings for reindeer that were both culture positive and seropositive for Brucella suis biovar 4. When assayed on the standard tube agglutination test (STAT), all the 26 animals were seronegative. When absorbed with cells of Yersinia enterocolitica 0-9, the antibody detectable on the ELISA could be removed to a great extent from most of the sera, indicating previous or ongoing exposure to bacteria serologically cross-reacting with Brucella in these animals. We concluded that brucellosis was not present among reindeer in Finnmark during this study. This is supported by the absence of any reports of brucellosis among reindeer in Norway. |
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Åsbakk, Kjetil Stuen, Snorre Hansen, Hilde Forbes, Lorry |
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A serological survey for brucellosis in reindeer in Finnmark county, northern Norway |
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A serological survey for brucellosis in reindeer in Finnmark county, northern Norway |
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A serological survey for brucellosis in reindeer in Finnmark county, northern Norway |
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A serological survey for brucellosis in reindeer in Finnmark county, northern Norway |
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A serological survey for brucellosis in reindeer in Finnmark county, northern Norway |
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serological survey for brucellosis in reindeer in finnmark county, northern norway |
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https://septentrio.uit.no/index.php/rangifer/article/view/292 https://doi.org/10.7557/2.19.1.292 |
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Finnmark Northern Norway Rangifer Rangifer tarandus Finnmark |
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