title: Detection of circulating immune complexes in dog sera by immune adherence hemagglutination method.
abstract: Circulating immune complexes (CIC) in the sera from 102 clinically healthy dogs and from 16 Dirofilaria immitis (D. immitis) infected dogs were measured by the immune adherence hemagglutination (IAHA) method. The level of CIC in the sera from healthy dogs was 28.2 +/- 29.1 micrograms/ml. There was no significant difference in the levels of CIC regarding sexes or ages. On the other hand, the level of CIC in the sera from D. immitis infected dogs was 230.3 +/- 117.1 micrograms/ml, which was significantly (p < 0.01) higher than that of healthy dogs. The results of this study confirm that IAHA method is one of the reliable means of detecting and/or diagnosing immune complex mediated diseases in dogs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Nippon Veterinary and Animal Science University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takemura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sako
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Koyama
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Motoyoshi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Inada
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology; D000818:Animals; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex / Q000097:blood*; D003165:Complement System Proteins; D004183:Dirofilaria immitis; D004184:Dirofilariasis / Q000097:blood / Q000276:immunology*; D004283:Dog Diseases; D004285:Dogs; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary; D006801:Humans; D011817:Rabbits; D012016:Reference Values; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D003165:Complement System Proteins