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We have tested for blue toungue, Johne's and brucellosis
prior to international export and so far we have had all negative
results. With the bluetongue we have to use the more sensitive virus
isolation test, not just the AGID test, because there apparently is a
strain of the virus that we have that gives false positives in that test.
We have had these tests done at the Texas A&M vet diagnostic lab in College
Station, TX.
Why were the tests being done in the first place? Was there an
indication that there may be a problem in the flock? Was it done prior to
a sale or shipment of animals?
Bob Godfrey
Animal Science Program
Agricultural Experiment Station University of the Virgin Islands RR 2 Box 10,000 Kingshill, St Croix, USVI 00850 Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 16:07:02 -0800 (PST)
>From: Teneniel Djo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [blackbelly] Does anyone test their sheep for diseases? (Johnes) > > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >I tested my flock of 6 for OPP, CL, Q fever, and >Johne's. Two of the ewes' results came back >"borderline" for Johne's. They all were neg. on >everything else. The test used was ELISA. I had it >tested at PAVLab in TX. > >Right now, I have these two ewes seperated from the >rest. I emailed Bob Glass at PAVL and he suggested to >retest in 60-90 days. I looked into having a fecal >test done at our University (WI), but the cost is $16 >per sample, and the results can take up to 20 weeks >because of the slow-growing organisim. > >Has anyone else had any experience with this? > >__________________________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. >http://mailplus.yahoo.com >=============================================== >This message is from the Barbados Blackbelly Sheep mailing list. >To respond to this message, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To unsubscribe or change your membership options, go to >http://lists.coyotenet.net/mailman/listinfo/blackbelly |
