Serologic responses of cattle and other animals infected with Neospora caninum.
Serologic responses of cattle and other animals infected with Neospora caninum.
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感染犬新孢子虫的牛和其他动物的血清学反应。
DOI:
10.2460/ajvr.1996.57.03.329
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发表时间:
1996
影响因子:
1
通讯作者:
P. Thulliez
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文献类型:
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作者:
J. Dubey;D. Lindsay;D. S. Adams;J. Gay;T. Baszler;B. Blagburn;P. Thulliez
OBJECTIVE
To examine cross-reactivity among Neospora caninum and closely-related apicomplexans.
DESIGN
Sera from animals were examined for antibody production to N caninum and cross-reactivity to Toxoplasma gondii.
ANIMALS
Cattle were experimentally infected with 3 tissue cyst-forming protozoan parasites N caninum, T gondii, and Sarcocystis sp, and calves were monospecifically inoculated with the intestinal coccidia, Eimeria bovis and Cryptosporidium parvum. Similar studies were done in laboratory rabbits inoculated with N caninum, T gondii, Hammondia hammondi, and Sarcocystis sp. Additionally, sera were obtained from ewes, lambs, goats, sows, cats, rats, and mice inoculated with N caninum tachyzoites.
PROCEDURE
The indirect fluorescent antibody (IFA) and ELISA antibody tests (cattle only) were used to examine reactivity to N caninum; the modified direct agglutination, Sabin-Feldman dye, and IFA tests were used to evaluate reactivity to T gondii.
RESULTS
Serologic cross-reactivity among N caninum, T gondii, and Sarcocystis sp was none or minimal by the IFA test. There was some reactivity to N caninum by the use of ELISA in cattle inoculated with Sarcocystis sp.
CONCLUSIONS
The IFA test for N caninum was specific for the diagnosis of neosporosis in animals.