Journal article
Validation of diagnostic assays to screen broodstock for Flavobacterium psychrophilum infections
Journal of fish diseases, Vol.35(6), pp.407-419
06/2012
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/109103
PMID: 22486267
Abstract
It is hypothesized that the frequency of bacterial coldwater disease outbreaks can be reduced through the detection of the aetiologic agent, Flavobacterium psychrophilum, in broodstock followed by culling of eggs from heavily infected broodstock. Before a culling programme can be instituted, however, it is necessary to determine the sensitivity and specificity of existing assays for the detection of F. psychrophilum. In this study, tissue and ovarian fluid samples were collected from 224 fish at five hatcheries and screened using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), a membrane-filtration fluorescent antibody test (MF-FAT), bacteriological culture and nested PCR. Latent class analysis was used to estimate sensitivity and specificity of kidney culture, kidney ELISA, nested PCR and MF-FAT. Analytical sensitivity of the ELISA varied but was greatest when bacteria were cultured under iron-limiting conditions. Diagnostic sensitivity estimates ranged from 0.02 (kidney culture) to 0.97 (kidney ELISA). Specificity estimates ranged from 0.02 (MF-FAT) to 0.98 (kidney ELISA). In a separate challenge experiment, the ELISA confirmed the presence of F. psychrophilum in sub-clinically infected fish. Results from this study demonstrate that the ELISA is an appropriate tool to screen broodstock and provides an indication of infection severity, which is crucial for implementation of a screening/culling programme.
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- Title
- Validation of diagnostic assays to screen broodstock for Flavobacterium psychrophilum infections
- Creators
- A Long - Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, USAM P PolinskiD R CallK D Cain
- Publication Details
- Journal of fish diseases, Vol.35(6), pp.407-419
- Academic Unit
- Center for Reproductive Biology; Paul G. Allen School for Global Animal Health
- Publisher
- England
- Identifiers
- 99900547301401842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article