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(cELISA) only to definitively confirm results obtained in the<br />

aforementioned test. It performed a trial study to assess the status of<br />

brucellosis in the state of Lara, Venezuela. Initially, milk ring tests<br />

were performed in 320 farms, with 30% of them testing positive. Serum<br />

samples were collected from all animals of farms that tested positive to<br />

ring test. A total of 13,351 serum samples were collected <strong>and</strong> tested<br />

with RBT <strong>and</strong> cELISA assays. Positive index observed with RBT was<br />

lower when compared to cELISA (0.51 % vs 6.36 %, respectively).<br />

Furthermore, both tests confirm that positive index in the state of Lara<br />

is very low. However, relative sensitivity observed in RBT is also very<br />

low when compared to cELISA. This apparent low sensitivity could<br />

result in a high number of false negative animals that, consequently,<br />

will not be eliminated from the herds. Thus, this would constitute a<br />

constant source of infection to other animals <strong>and</strong> people.<br />

Key words: brucellosis, Rose Bengal test, competitive ELISA<br />

708 In vitro Evaluation of Different Antibiotic Combinations used<br />

for Treatment of Pasteurellaceae from Bovine Respiratory<br />

Disease (BRD)<br />

J. Ganiere 1 , L. Denuault 1 , O. Bidaud 2 , J. Swinkels 3 , F. Payot 2<br />

1<br />

Nantes Veterinary School, Research Unit of Infectious Diseases,<br />

Nantes, France<br />

2<br />

Intervet Schering-Plough, Research Unit of Infectious Diseases,<br />

Angers, France<br />

3<br />

Intervet Schering-Plough, Int. Marketing, Boxmeer, The Netherl<strong>and</strong>s<br />

Objectives: In the field, cattle with BRD may receive different<br />

antibiotics simultaneously or successively. The objective of this study<br />

was to describe the interaction of cefquinome with other antibiotics<br />

frequently used to treat BRD.<br />

Materials <strong>and</strong> Methods: The effect of combinations of cefquinome with<br />

oxytetracyclin, marbofloxacin, florfenicol, tilmicosin <strong>and</strong> tulathromycin<br />

against the Pasteurellaceae involved in BRD: M. haemolytica, P.<br />

multocida <strong>and</strong> H. somni was tested in vitro. One strain of each bacterium<br />

isolated from clinical cases was used to assess the interaction of the<br />

combinations, determined by the Fractional Inhibitory Concentration<br />

Index (FICI) <strong>and</strong> confirmed by time-kill kinetics. Four interactions were<br />

concerned: FICI

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