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Results of brucellosis Rose Bengal plate test, tube agglutination test and complement-fixation test on 824 bovine sera which collected from the whole island in 1979 to 1980 were compared. Sixty four catties were positive and 667 negative to all three tests. The remainder 93 sera reacted to one or two tests. The relative sensitivity and the relative specificity of Rose Bengal plate test were 98.6% and 93.2% respectively when compared with complement-fixation test. The relative sensitivity and the relative specificity of tube agglutination test were 97.2% and 93.5% respectively when compared with cmplement-fixation test.
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