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Use of western immunoblot analysis for testing moose serum for Brucella suis biovar 4 specific antibodies

Journal of Wildlife Diseases, ISSN: 0090-3558, Vol: 35, Issue: 3, Page: 591-595
1999
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To determine if 12 moose (Alces alces) from northern Alaska with agglutinating antibodies specific for Brucella spp. had been exposed to either B. suis biovar 4 or B. abortus biovar 1, western immunoblot serologic analysis was performed. Differential serologic responses to strain specific A and M antigenic variances of the lipopolysaccharide O-polysaccharide sugar allowed strain identification. Prior to examination, test sera were absorbed with killed whole cells from either B. abortus biovar 1, containing predominately A antigen (A M); B. melitensis biovar 1, containing essentially M antigen (AM); or B. suis biovar 4, containing both antigenic types (A M). The resulting sera were then examined by western immunoblot for recognition of either B. abortus biovar 1, B. melitensis biovar 1, or B. suis biovar 4 cell lysates. The results of this study indicate that these moose were exposed to B. suis biovar 4, a known pathogen of caribou (Rangifer taranHIIS) from arctic Alaska.

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