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Peptide Synthesis> | The “Enferplex Caprine TB test” was used in this study to detect TB antibodies (Enfer Scientific, Naas, Ireland). A panel of 4 recombinant Mb proteins - MPB70, ESAT6 (Lionex GmbH, Germany), MPB83 (GenScript, USA), and CFP10 (Fusion Antibodies, Belfast), - along with soluble PPD-B (Prionics AG) and a synthetic MPB70peptide (Genosphere Biotechnologies, France) were used as antigens. Each individual antigenwas optimised for printing conditions and concentration using defined panels of samples. | Get A Quote |
Tuberculosis in goats is usually diagnosed clinically, at postmortem, or by a positive skin test. However, none of these approaches detects all infected animals. Serology offers an additional tool to identify infected animals missed by current tests. We describe the use of the Enferplex Caprine TB serology test to aid the management of a large dairy goat herd undergoing a tuberculosis breakdown. Initial skin and serology testing showed that IgG antibodies were present in both serum and milk from 100% of skin test-positive animals and in serum and milk from 77.8 and 95.4% of skin test-negative animals, respectively. A good correlation was observed between serum and milk antibody levels. The herd had been... More