The indirect fluorescent antibody test for bovine anaplasmosis |
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| Authors: | J. F. E. M. de Kroon N. M. Perié F. F. J. Franssen G. Uilenberg |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Division of Tropical Veterinary Medicine and Protozoology, Department of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine , University of Utrecht , P.O. Box 80.165, Utrecht, 3508 TD, The Netherlands;2. IWACO , B.P. 2523, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso;3. IWACO , B.P. 2523, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso;4. Institut d'Elevage et de Médecine Vétérinaire des Pays Tropicaux , 10 rue Pierre Curie, Maisons‐Alfort, 94704, France |
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| Abstract: | Summary An indirect fluorescent antibody test was used succesfully for the serodiagnosis of experimental Anaplasma infections in cattle. Specific antibodies were detected three to ten days after anaplasma bodies werd found in the blood, and persistedat least 15 weeks post‐infection. An American and an African stock of A. marginale were used to prepare antigens, and gave comparable results when tested on sera positive to either of these stocks, as well as to an A. centrale‐like stock from Korea. There were no cross‐reactions with several Theileria, Babesia, Trypanosoma and Eperythrozoon species. |
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