title: The use of MPB70-ELISA for the diagnosis of caprine tuberculosis in Brazil.
abstract: After one clinical case that evidenced the outbreak, a complete screening by intradermal tuberculin test was performed in one goat herd in Brazil. The herd was composed by 500 animals and 83 of them (16.6%) showed to be reactive to the comparative double cervical intradermal test. Four months after the test, all the 83 reactive animals were slaughtered and blood samples were collected from 45 of them, for serological assays. From those 45, 32 were randomly chosen for necropsy and histopathological and bacteriological procedures were conducted. Histopathology evidenced at least one characteristic lesion of tuberculosis in each animal, with typical granulommas where acid-fast bacilli (AFB) could be observed. Bacteriology was positive for Mycobacterium bovis in 22 samples (68.7%), therefore confirming the etiology of the outbreak. Sera of 45 animals plus 20 other from a certified free tuberculosis farm were tested in an ELISA using the recombinant M.bovis protein MPB70 as capture antigens. From those, 43 were reactive to the test, with high ODs results, considering a cut-off point established by ROC curve analyzing results (cut-off=0.8; mean=0.55; range: 0.157-1.357). These results suggest that MPB70-ELISA can be considered as a reliable tool to diagnose tuberculosis in goat herds, since this assay was capable to correctly detect 95.6% of the animals here examined.
authors.affiliation: Veterinary Bacteriology Laboratory, Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, Universidade Federal Fluminense, 24210-130 Niteroi, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marassi
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Almeida
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pinheiro
authors.forename: Silvio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vasconcellos
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lilenbaum
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000662:veterinary*; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006041:Goats / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D009163:Mycobacterium bovis / Q000276:immunology*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*
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