BrBME - Brucellosis Bulk Milk ELISA (Enzyme Linked ImmunoSorbent Assay) test drawbacks

Information on the drawbacks to the Brucellosis Bulk Milk ELISA (Enzyme Linked ImmunoSorbent Assay)(BrBME) test.

The test does not, of course, identify suspect individuals within the herd. Indeed, it is not a definitive indicator of infection within the herd. However, it does highlight herds in which there may be a problem and allows us to conduct further investigations in these herds. A few herds throw up repeated positive results even though there is no infection in these herds.