Serologic enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay responses of calves vaccinated with a killed Mycobacterium paratuberculosis vaccine.
The purpose of this study was to document the effect of calfhood vaccination for Mycobacterium paratuberculosis on a serologic ELISA. Fifteen calves vaccinated with a killed paratuberculosis vaccine and 5 unvaccinated control calves were tested from the first through the fifteenth month of life. Age of vaccination ranged from 5 to 40 days. Blood samples were collected prior to vaccination and periodically thereafter. Serum antibody was analyzed by use of the ELISA. All calves were ELISA-negative prior to vaccination. Thirteen of 15 vaccinated calves became ELISA-positive between 2 and 6 months after vaccination. The unvaccinated cohort remained ELISA-negative. Wide-spread use of vaccine may interfere with diagnosis of paratuberculosis and with control programs that are based on serologic tests that measure humoral antibody.
Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210.
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D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000097:blood*; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines / Q000276:immunology*; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D016927:Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis / Q000276:immunology* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010283:Paratuberculosis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014611:Vaccination / Q000662:veterinary
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D001428:Bacterial Vaccines