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Salimi-Bejestani, M. R., Daniel, R., Cripps, P., Felstead, S. and Williams, Diana J.L. (2007) 'Evaluation of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detection of antibodies to Fasciola hepatica in milk'. Veterinary Parasitology, Vol 149, Issue 3-4, pp. 290-293.
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Antibodies against Fasciola hepatica were detected in serum and individual milk samples of dairy cattle using an ELISA. Percentage positivity (PP) values in milk samples were related to serum PP values and were not influenced by days into lactation. The correlation coefficient between serum and individual milk samples was highly significant (r = 0.84, P < 0.005). The correlation coefficient between herd seroprevalence and herd milk antibody prevalence was 0.96. The correlation coefficient between prevalence measured by faecal egg count and both seroprevalence and milk antibody prevalence within the herd was 0.87. The diagnostic sensitivity and specificity for milk were 92% (95% CI = 89-96) and 88% (95% CI = 85-91), respectively, when the serum test was considered as a gold standard. In conclusion, the level of antibody to E hepatica in milk is significantly correlated with the antibody level in serum and this ELISA is suitable as a means of routine veterinary diagnosis of exposure to F hepatica in cattle and an alternative to testing sera. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | liver fluke fasciola hepatica milk elisa sensitivity specificity cattle bulk-tank milk dairy herds elisa infection samples cattle prevalence virus serum sheep |
| Subjects: | QX Parasitology > Helminths. Annelida > QX 365 Fasciola |
| Faculty: Department: | Groups (2002 - 2012) > Veterinary Parasitology Group (2002-2008) |
| Digital Object Identifer (DOI): | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2007.08.008 |
| Depositing User: | Ms Julia Martin |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Sep 2010 12:56 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Jul 2020 10:57 |
| URI: | https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/1272 |
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