COMPARISON OF ENZYME IMMUNOASSAYS FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF BOVINE BRUCELLOSIS. The indirect enzyme immunoassay for measurement of bovine antibody to Brucella abortus was tested on 15,716 Canadian sera to assess the specificity. These sera were also tested by the buffered plate antigen test. Two ELISA formats were used for assessment of data: the targeting procedure using a positive control serum al...

Polyclonal antibodies with specificity for enterocin L50A (EntL50A), enterocin L50B (EntL50B), and enterocin Q (EntQ) produced by Enterococcus faecium L50 have been generated by immunization of rabbits with chemically synthesized peptides derived from the C terminus of EntL50A (LR1) and EntL50B (LR2) and from the complete enterocin Q (EntQ) conjugated to the carrier protein keyhole limpet hemoc...

Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis é o agente etiológico da linfadenite caseosa (LC), uma doença infecciosa crônica que afeta ovinos e caprinos. Numerosos testes sorológicos foram desenvolvidos para detectar a doença, sendo Ensaio Imunoenzimático (ELISA) um dos mais utilizados devido às suas vantagens de sensibilidade especificidade. O presente estudo teve como objetivo avaliar reatividade pain...

Insect bite hypersensitivity (IBH) is an allergic dermatitis in horses caused by the bites of Culicoides species. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the applicability of whole body extracts of C. obsoletus (the main species found feeding on horses in the Netherlands), C. nubeculosus (rarely found in The Netherlands) and C. sonorensis (typical for North America) for diagnosis of IBH in...

Chlamydophila pneumoniae, an obligate intracellular human pathogen, has been proven to cause respiratory tract infections (1). Among the diagnostic methods for detecting C. pneumoniae, serological testing is currently the most common tool used to make the C. pneumoniae infection diagnosis. In Asia, most clinicians and researchers use a commercial serologic test kit, enzyme-linked immunosorbent ...

Bluetongue virus (BTV) and epizootic hemorrhagic disease virus (EHDV) are orbiviruses that infect both livestock and wild ruminants. Antigenic cross-reactivity between BTV and EHDV often results in serologic misdiagnosis. Competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (c-ELISAs) show increased sensitivity and specificity for the identification of these viral diseases; however, the preparation o...

OBJECTIVES The aim was to investigate a possible relationship between Chlamydia pneumoniae and Parkinson's disease (PD). STUDY DESIGN Serum samples obtained from a cohort of 51 patients with PD and from 37 age- and sex-matched controls were assessed for the presence of antibodies. The control group was selected from healthy people. In both groups, 5 mL of blood was taken and after centrifugat...

Actinidin was used to hydrolyse proteins in whey protein isolate (WPI) and milk concentrate (MPC) reduce immunoreactivity of β-lactoglobulin (β-LG) αs1-casein (αs1-CN). Samples were incubated at an enzyme substrate ratio 1:100 (5.21 units actinidin activity g−1 protein) 10 or 60 °C for up 31 5 h, respectively. Protein hydrolysis determined by the degree SDS-PAGE. Antigenicity hydrolysates β-LG ...