Hosie B D, Al-Bakri O M, Futter R J
Trop Anim Health Prod. 1985 May;17(2):93-9. doi: 10.1007/BF02360780.
Sera from 538 Yemeni goats and 690 Yemeni sheep were screened for brucellosis by the Rose Bengal Plate Test (RBPT) and reactors confirmed by the complement fixation test (CFT) and the serum agglutination test (SAT). The prevalence among goats was 0.4% and among sheep 0.6%. The prevalence among 183 imported goats and sheep was 4.4%. The sensitivity and specificity of three serological tests available for the diagnosis of brucellosis -CFT, RBPT and SAT - were compared using ovine sera obtained throughout an outbreak of abortion due to Brucella melitensis. The RBPT and the SAT were relatively insensitive compared with the CFT (71 and 44% respectively) and the RBPT was as specific as the SAT when suspicious sera were included. The results suggests that the SAT adds little information when used with other tests and the RBPT has limited applications as a screening test for ovine brucellosis.
采用玫瑰红平板试验（RBPT）对538只也门山羊和690只也门绵羊的血清进行布鲁氏菌病筛查，通过补体结合试验（CFT）和血清凝集试验（SAT）对反应阳性者进行确认。山羊的患病率为0.4%，绵羊为0.6%。183只进口山羊和绵羊的患病率为4.4%。使用在一次由羊种布鲁氏菌引起的流产暴发期间采集的绵羊血清，比较了可用于诊断布鲁氏菌病的三种血清学检测方法——CFT、RBPT和SAT——的敏感性和特异性。与CFT相比，RBPT和SAT相对不敏感（分别为71%和44%），当纳入可疑血清时，RBPT与SAT的特异性相同。结果表明，SAT与其他检测方法一起使用时提供的信息很少，RBPT作为绵羊布鲁氏菌病的筛查试验应用有限。
