title: Serodiagnosis of ovine paratuberculosis, using lipoarabinomannan in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.
abstract: The use of lipoarabinomannan (LAM; obtained from Mycobacterium paratuberculosis) in and ELISA (LAM-ELISA) to test 75 sheep sera from a paratuberculosis-infected flock resulted in an approximate threefold increase in sensitivity (from 23.5% to 70.6%), compared with the use of Annau's polysaccharide in a complement fixation test (P-CFT). Even after manipulation of the LAM-ELISA cut-off value to produce a specificity of 100% to match that of the P-CFT, the sensitivity still was approximately twofold greater than that of the P-CFT. Anti-bovine monoclonal antiglobulin-enzyme conjugates matched commercially available anti-ovine polyclonal antiglobulin-enzyme conjugates with respect to sensitivity and specificity. False-positive results were found to be less frequent after combining 2 serodiagnostic tests, LAM-ELISA and D antigenagar gel immunodiffusion, resulting in an increase in specificity from 88.1% to 95.2%. The repeatability of true seropositive and seronegative results was found to be 89.5% and 91.1%, respectively, for sera obtained less than or equal to 1 month prior to slaughter and 91.7% and 95.5%, respectively, for reanalysis of sera obtained at the time of slaughter.
authors.affiliation: Agriculture Canada, Animal Disease Research Institute, Nepean, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Sugden
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Corner
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Samagh
authors.forename: B W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Brooks
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Turcotte
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Nielsen
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Stewart
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Duncan
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000276:immunology; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000662:veterinary; D005779:Immunodiffusion; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000276:immunology*; D009161:Mycobacterium; D010283:Paratuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000907:Antibodies, Bacterial; D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; C050016:lipoarabinomannan