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5 13 3 3 1 3 1 1 1<br />

6 14 1 4 5 3 1 0 0<br />

7 11 2 2 2 5 0 0 0<br />

8 5 1 1 3 0 0 0 0<br />

9 8 1 1 1 3 2 0 0<br />

10 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0<br />

11 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0<br />

13 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0<br />

Total 99 18 20 19 27 11 2 2<br />

N number <strong>of</strong> cows <strong>in</strong> each age category<br />

5. 3. 2. Results <strong>of</strong> serology:<br />

Coat<strong>in</strong>g regime: None <strong>of</strong> the plates <strong>in</strong>cubated at three temperatures, 4 0 C, room<br />

temperature or 37 0 C, gave rise to non-specific b<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g with fetal calf serum but the<br />

plate <strong>in</strong>cubated at 37°C gave optical density (OD) value higher th<strong>an</strong> the others (Table<br />

5. 9).<br />

Table 5. 9. Effect <strong>of</strong> different coat<strong>in</strong>g temperature on the assay<br />

Sample serum * Goat hyper-immune serum<br />

B 4 0 C RT 37 0 C 4 0 C RT 37 0 C B<br />

0.052 0.472 0.527 0.711 0.511 0.567 0.732 0.644 0.841 0.727 0.052<br />

0.058 0.339 0.501 0.501 0.452 0.479 0.597 0.666 0.719 0.567 0.052<br />

0.059 0.250 0.411 0.386 0.333 0.369 0.437 0.505 0.512 0.522 0.054<br />

0.058 0.204 0.252 0.262 0.285 0.287 0.359 0.386 0.417 0.382 0.055<br />

0.057 0.134 0.199 0.176 0.204 0.248 0.300 0.337 0.318 0.279 0.054<br />

0.056 0.105 0.168 0.141 0.167 0.211 0.249 0.237 0.242 0.262 0.053<br />

0.054 0.086 0.124 0.112 0.051 0.053 0.052 0.052 0.069 0.069 0.054<br />

0.055 0.073 0.081 0.092 0.051 0.051 0.052 0.053 0.072 0.068 0.054<br />

RT room temperature, B bl<strong>an</strong>k<br />

Chequerboard Titration <strong>of</strong> CP-LLO : The optimum CP-LLO <strong>an</strong>d goat hyperimmune<br />

serum dilutions giv<strong>in</strong>g the highest OD were 1:64 <strong>an</strong>d 1:64 respectively.<br />

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