ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Page Count: 5

A Comparison of Immunodiffusion and Latex Agglutination Tests for the Identification of White-Tailed Deer Tissues
Loken, KI
Associate professor and professor, University of Minnesota, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, MN

Bey, RF
Associate professor and professor, University of Minnesota, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, MN

(Received 10 May 1986; accepted 15 July 1986)

Abstract

Latex agglutination and agar gel immunodiffusion were used to identify muscle tissue extracts. Both tests reacted with white-tailed deer extracts at a higher dilution than extracts from other cervids and both detected cervid antigens in sausage extracts. Latex agglutination was consistently more sensitive than agar gel diffusion. Sausage spices at five times normal concentrations and ascorbic acid did not produce false positive reactions.

Keywords:
pathology and biology, deer, chemical analyses, immunodiffusion, agglutination, cervid, antigens, sausage

Paper ID: JFS12371J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS12371J
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