The commercial kit "IDEXX Chlamydiosis Verification Test" former "Pourquier ELISA Chlamydiosis Serum Verification", IDDEX laboratories Inc. Westbrook, Maine,US was used to detect a recombinant antigen that is a polymorphic external membrane protein of 80-90 kDa and that is specific for C. abortus and has no cross-reaction with Chlamydia pecorum.
El diagnóstico serológico se realizó con el estuche comercial "IDEXX Chlamydiosis Verification Test" antes llamado "Pourquier ELISA Chlamydiosis Serum Verification", IDDEX Laboratories, Inc., Westbrook, Maine, US, el cual utiliza un antígeno recombinante y permite detectar la proteína de membrana externa de 80-90 kDa; ésta es específica de C. abortus y no cruza con los antígenos de Chlamydia pecorum.