title: A testing scheme for the detection of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in bovine feces utilizing the ESP para-JEM liquid culture system.
abstract: A testing scheme for the detection of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) in broth cultures of bovine fecal samples carried out in ESP para-JEM System was evaluated. The scheme included acid-fast staining (on signal-positive and signal-negative samples), and confirmation by PCR for 2 MAP-specific targets and subculture of all acid-fast positive PCR-negative samples. Two hundred and fifty bovine fecal samples were evaluated for the presence of MAP using this scheme. Thirty-seven (15%) of 250 fecal samples had a positive culture result when the proposed testing scheme was used, compared to 14 (6%) positive results when using the standard ESP para-JEM protocol (requiring samples to have a positive signal from the system, a positive acid-fast stain, and a positive IS900 PCR result), and 20 (8%) positives when conventional culture was performed on Herrold egg yolk (HEY) media. A preliminary comparison of real-time and conventional PCR on DNA extracted from 15 MAP-positive broth cultures by 3 different protocols suggested that conventional PCR may be a better choice for the confirmation of the presence of MAP in the liquid cultures than real-time PCR.
authors.affiliation: Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, Ohio Department of Agriculture, Renoldsburg, OH 43068, USA.
authors.forename: Sreekumari
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rajeev
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Shulaw
authors.forename: Roy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Berghaus
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Beverly
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Byrum
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001576:Benzophenoneidum; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D004396:Coloring Agents; D003470:Culture Media; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D016927:Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010283:Paratuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary; D012235:Rhodamines
chemical_list: D004396:Coloring Agents; D003470:Culture Media; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D012235:Rhodamines; D001576:Benzophenoneidum