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===Laboratory Tests===
 
===Laboratory Tests===
**Slide agglutination, ELISA, agar gel immunodiffusion
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The organism can be cultured from aborted tissuen or vaginal discharge following abortion, these tissues contain high concentrations of ''B. canis'', if these are not available then culture can be attempted on blood, urine or semen but is more difficult. Culture is difficult because ''B. canis'' is slow growing and contamination with other bacteria will result in faster growing bacteria over growing ''B. canis''.
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Early infection can be detected by haemoculture as a bacteremia is high from 4 weeks to 6 months after which it declines.
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The organism can be identified using Slide agglutination, ELISA, agar gel immunodiffusion and PCR.
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==Treatment==
 
==Treatment==
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