An applied printing immunoassay with recombinant Nc-SAG1 for detection of antibodies to Neospora caninum in cattle

J Vet Diagn Invest. 2011 Sep;23(5):971-6. doi: 10.1177/1040638711416845. Epub 2011 Aug 19.

Abstract

Neospora caninum is a protozoan parasite that causes an important reproductive disease in cattle. Neospora caninum surface antigen 1 (Nc-SAG1) is an immunodominant candidate for the development of a diagnostic reagent for neosporosis. The current study describes the development and evaluation of an antigen print immunoassay (APIA) with recombinant Nc-SAG1 for the detection of specific antibodies to N. caninum in cattle. The concordance between APIA and a commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was evaluated with 232 serum samples from experimentally and naturally infected cattle. Sixty-one (26.7%) samples were positive for antibodies to N. caninum by ELISA and 58 (25.4%) by APIA. The new assay had a sensitivity of 85% and a specificity of 96%. These results, along with the potential of APIA to evolve into a multiple antigen detection format, suggest that this method would be a reliable diagnostic test for detection of antibodies to N. caninum in cattle.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antibodies, Protozoan / blood*
  • Antigens, Protozoan / immunology*
  • Cattle
  • Cattle Diseases / diagnosis
  • Cattle Diseases / epidemiology
  • Cattle Diseases / immunology*
  • Coccidiosis / diagnosis
  • Coccidiosis / immunology
  • Coccidiosis / veterinary*
  • Immunoassay / methods
  • Immunoassay / veterinary*
  • Neospora / immunology*
  • Protozoan Proteins / immunology*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Protozoan
  • Antigens, Protozoan
  • Protozoan Proteins
  • SAG1 protein, Neospora caninum