Development of an indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detecting equine serum antibodies to the lipopolysaccharide of Salmonella abortusequi

Res Vet Sci. 2006 Oct;81(2):215-7. doi: 10.1016/j.rvsc.2005.11.004. Epub 2006 Feb 17.

Abstract

An indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (IELISA) was developed for the detection of equine serum antibodies to lipopolysaccharide of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Abortusequi (LPS), a causative organism of Equine Paratyphoid. The data presented demonstrates that horses immunized with S. abortusequi LPS developed antibodies detectable by the IELISA. By comparison, the tube agglutination test (TAT) did not detect antibody to S. abortusequi LPS as consistently as the IELISA. The data suggests that the IELISA may be a more suitable test for the detection of serum antibodies to S. abortusequi than the TAT.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Agglutination Tests / veterinary
  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Bacterial / blood*
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / methods
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / veterinary*
  • Horse Diseases / blood
  • Horse Diseases / immunology*
  • Horse Diseases / microbiology*
  • Horses
  • Immunization / veterinary
  • Lipopolysaccharides / immunology
  • Salmonella Infections, Animal / blood
  • Salmonella Infections, Animal / immunology*
  • Salmonella Infections, Animal / microbiology
  • Salmonella enterica / immunology*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Bacterial
  • Lipopolysaccharides