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    Evaluation of a commercial double-recognition ELISA for caprine tuberculosis diagnosis: sensitivity, specificity, and correlation to macroscopic and microscopic lesions
    (Elsevier, 2022-10-04) Salinas Lorente, Jesús; Del Río, Laura; Buendía Marín, Antonio Julián; Navarro Cámara, José Antonio; Ortega Hernández, Nieves; Sánchez Campillo, Joaquín; Sanidad Animal
    Ante-mortem diagnosis of caprine tuberculosis, as in other ruminant species, is a complex process. Therefore, it is sometimes necessary to apply a combination of methods that increases the sensitivity of diagnosis while maintaining adequate specificity. In the present study, we analysed the use of ELISA based on a double-recognition methodology for the diagnosis of goat tuberculosis. Serum samples from animals with tuberculosis, confirmed by histopathological studies and presence of Ziehl-Neelsen-positive bacteria in the lesions, were used to assess sensitivity. Sera from flocks without tuberculosis were used to assess diagnostic specificity. The relationship between ELISA results and the type of tuberculous lesions, both macroscopic and microscopic, was analysed. The sensitivity and specificity of ELISA test were 69.9% and 97.9%, respectively. Sensitivity was higher in animals with macroscopic lesions, indicating more advanced forms of the disease. Similarly, a higher sensitivity was found in animals with microscopic lesions associated with active tuberculosis, such as cavitary lesions.
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    Lesions in lambs experimentally infected
    (Murcia : F. Hernández, 1995) Masot, A.J.; Gázquez, A.; Regodón, S.; Franco, A.; Redondo, E.
    An experimental model was designed to characterize lesions in the lung of lambs inoculated with bovine respiratory syncytial virus (BRSV). 25 Merino lambs of both sexes, with a live weight of 17+3 Kg, received an intratracheal inoculation of 20 m1 saline solution containing 1 . 2 6l~o 6 TCIDSOB RSV (strain NMK-7) per ml. Lambs were laughtered 1, 3, 7, 11 and 15 postinoculation days (PID), and histopathological, immunohistochemical and electron microscopic studies were performed. Results reflected a series of lesions, the most noteworthy of which were bronchiolitis obliterants with destruction of the mucociliary apparatus, the presence of syncytial cells in alveoli and a progressive interstitial reaction. BRSV antigen was detected in lung samples. These changes might be expected to decrease the efficiency of respiratory tract defence mechanisms, rendering the lung parenchyma susceptible to opportunist bacteria1 infection.