title: The humoral immune response of lambs experimentally infected with Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae.
abstract: Using sera from lambs experimentally infected with Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae and Pasteurella haemolytica, the development of a good humoral immune response to M. ovipneumoniae was detected by ELISA. The antibody titres peaked 41 days post-infection and good antibody titres were maintained over the 16-week experimental period. Immunoblotting revealed that antibodies to specific antigens appeared in the sera in a sequential manner, some being seen shortly after infection and others developing only after a substantial time lag. Antibodies were raised against almost all the major antigens detected in one laboratory strain (956/2) and against all antigens previously shown to be conserved in 22 Scottish field isolates of M. ovipneumoniae.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of St. Andrews, Fife, Great Britain.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Thirkell
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Spooner
authors.forename: G E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Russell
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D015151:Immunoblotting; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000096:biosynthesis; D008970:Molecular Weight; D009174:Mycoplasma / Q000276:immunology*; D009175:Mycoplasma Infections / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary*; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D007074:Immunoglobulin G