Haemophilus parahaemolyticus serotypes. Serological response

Serotypes 1,2,4 and 5 of Haemophilus parahaemolyticus were inoculated into, respectively, 4,4,2 and 5 pigs. Serum samples were tested for circulating antibodies by the modified complement fixation test (CF test). When individual serotypes were used as antigen, titers were found only to the serotype which had been used for inoculation. Using antigen in which the serotypes were pooled, antibodies were demonstrated in sera from all the pigs. The CF titers obtained with the pooled antigen were equivalent to those found with each serotype separately. When the CF test was used for serological examination of field sera there was full agreement between the results obtained with the pooled antigen and those obtained with serotype 2 antigen alone. No cross reactions were found with the pooled antigen in herds that were sero-positive to Haemophilus parasuis, strain 4800. The experiment has shown that there is no serological cross reaction between serotypes 1, 2, 4 and 5 when they are used as antigen in the CF test. Also, the results imply that with a pool of the different serotypes of Haemophilus paralyticus as antigen similar results may be obtained as with the single serotype 2 antigen.     

Indirect micro-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection of antibodies to Mycoplasma synoviae and M. gallisepticum

The sensitivity and specificity of the indirect micro-enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was compared with that of the rapid serum-plate test (RSPT) and the hemagglutination-inhibition test (HIT) in detecting antibodies to Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) and M. synoviae (MS). Membrane antigens of MG strain S6 and MS strain NEL 61800 were used. ELISA was performed with single MS and single MG antigens and a combined MS/MG antigen. The MS-ELISA was as sensitive as the MS-RSPT and more sensitive than and as specific as the MS-HIT in detecting antibodies to MS. The MG-ELISA was less sensitive than the MG-RSPT and slightly less sensitive than the MG-HIT in detecting antibodies to MG in chickens experimentally infected with MG R strain but more sensitive in detecting antibodies in chickens infected with MG F strain. MG-ELISA resulted in fewer cross-reactions than the MG-RSPT but more than the MG-HIT. The combined MG/MS-ELISA was as sensitive as the ELISA with its individual antigen components. No nonspecific reactions were observed with sera from MG/MS-free flocks. The combined MG/MS-ELISA was found to be a practical screening test for antibodies to both MS and MG. Further improvement of the sensitivity and the specificity of the MG antigen is desirable.     

Serological assessment of chlamydial infection in the koala by a slide EIA technique

A rapid and simplified slide enzyme immunosorbent assay (EIA) was developed for the diagnosis of chlamydial infection in the koala. HeLa 229 cells infected with koala strain Chlamydia psittaci were fixed on the surface of multiwell slides and used as the antigen. The assay consisted of first reacting koala antiserum with the fixed C psittaci antigen, followed by reaction with biotinylated rabbit anti-koala IgG, ABC reagent and substrate. The chlamydial EIA antibody titres obtained were compared with those of a complement fixation (CF) test using koala strain C psittaci as antigen. Of 35 koala sera tested, 16 CF positive sera (greater than or equal to 1:8) also had a positive titre (greater than or equal to 1:200) in the slide EIA test (sensitivity 93.8%, 15/16). Nineteen CF negative sera were also negative in the slide EIA (specificity 100%, 19/19). Sixty-eight samples of koala blood were collected by ear-prick using a sampling paper method and were assayed by both tests. Sensitivity of the slide EIA was 100% (15/15) and specificity of the test was 96.2% (51/53). To simplify the slide EIA for use as a practical screening test, a 3-point serum dilution series (1:100, 1:200, 1:400) was used. This 3-point slide EIA was compared with the CF test using sheep strain chlamydial antigen. Thirty-nine sera were assayed by both tests. The sensitivity of the 3-point method was 85.7% (6/7) and the specificity was 71.9% (23/32) as compared with the sheep antigen CF test.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

凝集试验检测兰氏D群链球菌血清抗体方法的建立

建立凝集试验,用于检测兰氏D群链球菌血清抗体.采用兰氏D群链球菌C55914株制成凝集试验抗原,制备的抗原与兰氏D群链球菌兔高免阳性血清、猪正常免疫阳性血清发生凝集反应,不与健康兔阴性血清及健康猪阴性血清发生凝集反应,与链球菌兰氏C群、兰氏E群、巴氏杆菌A群、B群阳性血清呈阴性反应.试验证明,凝集试验能够快速地检验出兰...     

Results from an indirect fluorescent antibody test using three different strains of Ehrlichia canis

An indirect fluorescent antibody (IFA) test is usually performed to detect antibodies in dogs naturally infected by Ehrlichia canis. In this work, results obtained using three different E. canis strains as antigen (a commercial antigen, the E. canis Oklahoma strain and the E. canis Madrid strain) were compared. One hundred and forty-nine serum samples obtained from dogs living in the centre of Spain were analysed. When qualitative results were evaluated, identical results were detected in 87.2% of samples for the three antigens tested. When comparing antibody titre results, differences between the Madrid strain and the commercial antigen, and between the Madrid and Oklahoma strains were statistically significant (P < 0.0001). No differences were found when comparing the Oklahoma strain with the commercial antigen (P = 0.562). Subtle intra-laboratory variations shown in this study suggest a higher sensitivity of the IFA test when an autochthonous strain is used as antigen.     

伪狂犬病病毒YN株与闽A株、苏联林交叉对流免疫电泳试验

应用豚鼠制备伪狂犬病病毒高免血清,运用醋酸透析法制备伪狂犬病病毒沉淀抗原,通过交叉对流免疫电泳试验,证明伪狂犬病病毒YN株与闽A株、苏联株之间有共同抗原。本试验建立的对流免疫电泳方法,可供我国开展伪狂犬病的诊断研究参考。     

大肠杆菌K_(88ac)与LT(A~-B~ )抗原基因质粒在猪霍乱沙门氏菌弱毒株中的表达

应用细菌质粒转化技术,将大肠杆菌K_(?)与LT(A~-B~ )抗原基因重组质粒转入猪霍乱沙门氏菌弱毒菌苗株中.对获得的其中8个转化子进行鉴定的结果表明,转化的细菌仍保持沙门氏菌的形态、生化及抗原特性,同时可稳定地表达K(?)和LT-B两种抗原.用微量间接血凝试验、抗甘露糖豚鼠红细胞凝集试验(MRHA)、ELISA等对转化菌表达的K(?)抗原进行了测定,用间接免疫溶血试验对其表达的LT-B抗原进行了测定.结果,这两种抗原在转化的细菌中均可高效表达.电镜下观察,转化的细菌在其表面形成菌毛样结构.这种转化细菌表现出猪霍乱沙门氏菌与产肠毒素性大肠杆菌的两种抗原特性,为这种双价工程菌苗的研制提供了有价值的候选菌株.本研究结果还表明,猪霍乱沙门氏菌弱毒菌苗株可作为基因转化的有效受体菌.     

新城疫血凝抑制浓缩抗原的研制与应用

采用甲醛对新城疫LaSota株病毒进行灭活,利用蔗糖透析法进行浓缩,抗原效价由浓缩前的log26上升至浓缩后的log210,在浓缩液中加入25％的丙三醇制成了新城疫血凝抑制抗原.同时对加入稳定剂——丙三醇的自制抗原进行了定质研究.结果表明：加丙三醇自制抗原,温度越低时稳定性越好、保存期最长.将自制抗原、标准抗原与标准血清、待检血清进行血凝抑制试验对比,表明自制抗原准确性、重复性较好,可用于临床监测.     

Serodiagnosis of canine leptospirosis by solid-phase enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to detect antibodies to Leptospira interrogans serotype canicola in dogs was developed and evaluated. Comparison of the ELISA with the microscopic agglutination test (MAT) showed that, during the first two weeks after an experimental infection with serotype canicola, the ELISA detected antibody at higher dilutions than the MAT. After the second week post-infection both tests detected antibody at almost equal titres (r = 0.89). The outer envelope (OE) antigen of serotypes icterohaemorrhagiae, copenhageni and canicola was fairly serotype-specific, whereas the pellet (P) antigen showed more cross-reactivity. Both OE and P antigen of Leptospira biflexa strain Patoc I could be used as cross-reacting antigen in the ELISA. Compared to the MAT, the ELISA has some technical advantages. It is suggested that the ELISA would be useful as a screening test.     

Quantitation of hemorrhagic enteritis virus antigen and antibody using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays

Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) were developed to quantitate hemorrhagic enteritis virus (HEV) antibodies in turkey sera and HEV antigens in tissue extracts. These assays were more sensitive than the commonly used agar-gel precipitin tests in detecting antigen and antibody. The antibody-ELISA was used to monitor the presence and decline of passive antibodies in turkey poults and the seroconversion of turkeys infected with HEV. The antigen-ELISA was carried out using a monoclonal antibody; this test was used to quantitate HEV antigen in experimentally infected turkeys in a time-sequence experiment. Both ELISAs measured a strong antigenic relationship between an avirulent strain (HEV-A) and a virulent strain (HEV-V).     

Development of a monoclonal antibody-based co-agglutination test to detect enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli isolated from diarrheic neonatal calves

Escherichia coli (E. coli) strains were collected from young diarrheic calves in farms and field. Strains that expressed the K99 (F5) antigen were identified by agglutination tests using reference antibodies to K99 antigen and electron microscopy. The K99 antigen from a selected field strain (SAR-14) was heat-extracted and fractionated on a Sepharose CL-4B column. Further purification was carried out by sodium deoxycholate treatment and/or ion-exchange chromatography. Monoclonal antibodies to purified K99 antigen were produced by the hybridoma technique, and a specific clone, NEK99-5.6.12, was selected for propagation in tissue culture. The antibodies, thus obtained, were affinity-purified, characterized and coated onto Giemsa-stained Cowan-I strain of Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus). The antibody-coated S. aureus were used in a co-agglutination test to detect K99+ E. coli isolated from feces of diarrheic calves. The specificity of the test was validated against reference monoclonal antibodies used in co-agglutination tests, as well as in ELISA. Specificity of the monoclonal antibodies was also tested against various Gram negative bacteria. The developed antibodies specifically detected purified K99 antigen in immunoblots, as well as K99+ E. coli in ELISA and co-agglutination tests. The co-agglutination test was specific and convenient for large-scale screening of K99+ E. coli isolates.     

猪胸膜肺炎放线杆菌LY株的分离、鉴定和定型

2011年4月,从山东省莱阳市某猪场疑似猪传染性胸膜肺炎发病猪肺中分离到致病菌1株（LY株）。经形态、培养特性、生化特性、PCR等鉴定,LY株为猪胸膜肺炎放线杆菌。应用多糖抗原进行血清学定型试验,鉴定结果为APP2型。     

Direct agglutination test for the detection of antibodies to Sarcocystis neurona in experimentally infected animals

Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis (EPM) is a serious neurological disease of horses in the Americas. The apicomplexan protozoan most commonly associated with EPM is Sarcocystis neurona. A direct agglutination test (SAT) was developed to detect antibodies to S. neurona in experimentally infected animals. Merozoites of the SN6 strain of S. neurona collected from cell culture were used as antigen and 2-mercaptoethanol was added to the antigen suspension to destroy IgM antibodies when mixed with test sera. Mice fed sporocysts of S. speeri or S. falcatula-like sporocysts from opossums did not seroconvert in the SAT. The sensitivity of the SAT was 100% and the specificity was 90% in mice.     

胸膜肺料放线杆菌溶血毒素特性鉴定及免疫原性研究

本文报道了胸膜肺炎防线杆菌（APP）血清型7型菌株深－8株分泌的溶血素。研究证明该株至少可分泌两种溶血素，一种为热稳定的溶血素，另一种为热不稳定的溶血素。本研究没有对热稳定的溶血素进行提纯分析，而对热不稳定的溶血素经过盐析及凝胶过滤层析提纯后，进行SDS－PAGE分析，表明该溶血素为分子量65kDa的蛋白。本研究利用纯化的65kDa的溶血素蛋白与APP所有型的阳性血清做交叉中和实验和琼脂扩散实验及动物实验，证明该溶血素蛋白具有一定的免疫原性及保护力，但其诱导的免疫反应对同源菌株的攻击只能提供部分保护。     

禽脑脊髓炎琼扩抗原的研制和应用

将禽脑脊髓炎病毒（AEV）陕西分离株接种于6日龄鸡胚卵黄囊，16日龄时收取活胚脑、胃肠道和胰腺，匀浆灭活后制成琼扩抗原，该抗原与AE标准阳性血清在36h内出现特异性的沉淀线，而与ND、EDS－76、AI、IB阳性血清及SPF鸡血清不出现沉淀线，用其检测60份血清，48份呈AE阳性，与用标准抗原检测的结果一致。     

猪细小病毒血凝抑制试验抗原、阳性血清与阴性血清的制备与鉴定

猪细小病毒（Porcine Parvovirus,PPV）血凝抑制试验抗原、阳性血清和阴性血清在猪细小病毒制品的效力检验中不可或缺,对猪细小病毒相关生物制品的质量控制至关重要。试验采用PPV 7909株病毒同步接种PK-15细胞制备血凝抑制试验抗原,用制备的抗原乳化后免疫豚鼠制备阳性血清,同时用未免疫的阴性豚鼠制备阴性血清。对抗原、阳性血清和阴性血清进行鉴定,结果表明,制备的PPV血凝抑制试验抗原HA效价达1:512;阳性血清HI效价达1:1024;阴性血清HI效价＜1:8,且特异性均良好。利用制备的血凝抑制试验抗原、阳性血清与不同PPV疫苗株的灭活抗原、阳性血清进行交叉反应试验,结果表明,制备的抗原与阳性血清具备良好的血清学交叉反应性,可用于PPV制品的统一评价。     

Use of Brucella canis antigen for detection of ovine serum antibodies against Brucella ovis

Brucella ovis causes a genital disease of sheep manifested by epididymitis in rams and placentitis in ewes producing reduced fertility in the flock. Clinical diagnosis is not sensitive enough and bacteriological testing is not feasible for detection of the disease in large numbers of animals. Indirect methods of serological testing are preferred for routine diagnosis, of which agar gel immunodiffusion (AGID), complement fixation (CF) and ELISA tests are recommended as the most efficient. Since B. ovis shares antigenic components with Brucella canis, it would seem that either strain could be used as antigen with the same results; however, the advantage of the B. canis (M-) strain variant is that it can be used to develop a satisfactory antigen for agglutination tests. We present data on AGID and IELISA tests using B. ovis antigen and rapid screening agglutination test (RSAT), 2-mercapto-ethanol RSAT (2ME-RSAT) and IELISA using B. canis antigen. We tested 225 animals. The cut-off values were adjusted by ROC analysis using 51 negative and 32 positive sera; the IELISA-B. canis cut-off value was 39 (%P) and IELISA-B. ovis, 51 (%P), with 100% sensitivity and specificity. Of the 32 positive sera from the infected flock RSAT detected 32 (100%), 2ME-RSAT 29 (91%) and AGID 31 (97%). Of the 142 sera from suspicious flocks, 46 were negative and 56 positive in all the tests; 16 were positive by RSAT, IELISA-B. canis and IELISA-B. ovis, 20 positive only with RSAT and 2 positive only by both IELISAs. RSAT is a very sensitive screening test that, because of its simplicity and easy interpretation, following a study in larger sample, could replace AGID as a screening test for diagnosis of ovine brucellosis caused by B. ovis. The IELISA-B. canis or IELISA-B. ovis could be used as confirmatory tests, since they show equal specificity and sensitivity.     

Preliminary evidence for a diagnostic immunoglobulin G1 antibody response among culture-positive cows vaccinated with Brucella abortus strain 19 and challenge exposed with strain 2308

The sera of cows inoculated with Brucella abortus have a characteristically high titer of immunoglobulin (Ig) G1 antibodies to a soluble brucella antigen compared with sera of noninoculated vaccinated cattle. Concentrations of antigen-specific IgG1 were greater than 10-fold higher than those for IgG2, even though total IgG2 concentrations were higher than total IgG1 concentrations. Increases in IgG1 antibodies to Brucella abortus soluble antigen were detected shortly after vaccination in those cows from which strain 19 was isolated and by 28 weeks in cows from which strain 2308 was isolated. Increases in specific antibodies were not paralleled by increases in either total IgG1 or total IgG2 concentrations. Rather, there was a 15-fold to greater than 200-fold increase in specific activity, with up to 16% of the IgG1 specific for the brucella antigen used in the assay. Thus, measurement of changes in total IgG1 concentrations is not a reliable method to identify brucellosis-associated anti-Brucella abortus soluble antigen activity. Only one cow in a panel of 10 selected for detailed study showed a false-positive IgG1 titer, whereas some serologic assays showed as many as 4 or 5 false-positives. Results of the complement-fixation test, among the battery of serologic tests used for detection of brucellosis, best agreed with the occurrence of increased IgG1 antibody levels.     

Development of solid phase antigen for indirect ELISA for the detection of specific antibody responses to infection with Newcastle disease virus

A simple and inexpensive method of antigen preparation by ultrafiltration was investigated using the V4 strain of Newcastle disease virus. The antigen designated XM300 was used in an indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection of antibodies to Newcastle disease virus in chicken serum. The assay was evaluated using both experimental and field sera, as well as reference control reactor and non-reactor sera. Antigen prepared by the ultrafiltration method was compared with antigen prepared by ultracentrifugation and the ultrafiltration antigen was found to react specifically with Newcastle disease virus antiserum in this ELISA system. This antigen preparation technique is also suitable for use in developing countries. The ELISA provides an excellent method for measuring antibodies in the early stages of infection in serum samples from experimentally infected chickens. More than 14.58 % of the total serum samples which failed to be recognized as reactors by the conventional haemagglutination inhibition test were detected in the ELISA.     

Evaluation of five different antigens in enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection of avian pneumovirus antibodies.

Five different antigens were evaluated in enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) tests for the detection of avian pneumovirus (APV) antibodies. Two of the 5 antigens were prepared from recent APV isolates from Minnesota. The 2 older isolates were passage 63 of a strain currently used as a live, attenuated vaccine and a Colorado strain isolated for the first time in the United States and currently used in an ELISA test. The fifth antigen is based on an APV recombinant N-protein. Basic parameters and positive-negative threshold of the assays were established for all 5 antigens on the basis of data obtained by testing 46 known negative and 46 known positive serum samples. Subsequently, 449 field samples were tested by all 5 ELISAs. The optical density difference (ODD) was calculated by subtracting optical density of the sample in the negative antigen well from that in the positive antigen well. In the current ELISA test based on the Colorado strain, an ODD of 0.2 is considered to be the cutoff value to classify samples as negative or positive. In this study, however, use of different cutoffs, based on ODD of negative control plus 3 SD or values estimated from Receiver operating characteristic analysis, was considered to be more appropriate for the various antigens used. Overall person-to-person and day-to-day variability was found to be large for all tests using either ODD or sample to positive ratio to report results. In addition, results suggest that antigenicity of the APV isolates in the United States has not changed between 1997 and 2000.