Characterization of the antibody response in birds following infection with wild-type and attenuated strains of Eimeria tenella and Eimeria necatrix

Live vaccines containing attenuated parasite strains are increasingly used to control chicken coccidiosis. In this paper antibody responses elicited by infections with wild-type and attenuated strains of Eimeria tenella and Eimeria necatrix were characterized by immunoblotting and ELISA with homolog...

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Published in:Veterinary parasitology 2011-01, Vol.175 (1-2), p.47-51
Main Authors: Constantinoiu, C.C., Molloy, J.B., Jorgensen, W.K., Coleman, G.T.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
antibodies
Antibodies, Protozoan - blood
Antibody Affinity
Antibody response
Antigens, Protozoan
Aves
Avidity
Chickens
coccidiosis
Coccidiosis - immunology
Coccidiosis - parasitology
Coccidiosis - veterinary
Eimeria
Eimeria - classification
Eimeria - immunology
Eimeria - pathogenicity
Eimeria necatrix
Eimeria tenella
enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay - veterinary
immune response
Immunoblotting
poultry diseases
Poultry Diseases - immunology
Poultry Diseases - parasitology
Species Specificity
Strains
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Summary:Live vaccines containing attenuated parasite strains are increasingly used to control chicken coccidiosis. In this paper antibody responses elicited by infections with wild-type and attenuated strains of Eimeria tenella and Eimeria necatrix were characterized by immunoblotting and ELISA with homologous and heterologous antisera. Few differences between antisera from birds infected with wild and attenuated strains of E. tenella were evident in immunoblots conducted with merozoite antigen preparations from both E. tenella strains, however the reactivity of sera raised in birds infected with the wild-type strain was noticeably more intense. In ELISAs conducted with merozoite antigen preparations, antisera from birds infected with the wild-type strains of E. tenella and E. necatrix consistently produced a significantly higher (P
ISSN:0304-4017
1873-2550
DOI:10.1016/j.vetpar.2010.09.025