Detection of antibodies to staphylococcal enterotoxins in the serum and milk of healthy goats.
A study was made of the presence of antibodies (Ab) to staphylococcal enterotoxins A to E (SEA-SEE) in the serum and milk of 133 healthy goats, using a competitive ELISA method. Antibodies to some enterotoxins were detected in 83 sera (62.4%) and in 41 (30.8%) milk samples. In serum, antibodies to all SE types were detected, the most frequent being antibodies to SEA (24.8%). Milk contained antibodies to SEA, SEB and SEC, the latter being the most frequent (24.8%). A statistical study was performed to correlate the number of animals harbouring antibodies to a given enterotoxin with the presence in these animals of staphylococci producing that enterotoxin.
Valle
J
J
Unidad de Microbiologia e Immunologia, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad de Extremadura, Caceres, Spain.
Vadillo
S
S
Piriz
S
S
Gomez-Lucia
E
E
D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood; D004768:Enterotoxins / Q000276:immunology*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006041:Goats / Q000276:immunology*; D008892:Milk / Q000276:immunology*; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000276:immunology*
D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D004768:Enterotoxins