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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• OHISHI, Kazue
• AMANO, Masao
• NAKAMATSU, Ken
• MIYAZAKI, Nobuyuki
• TAJIMA, Yuko
• YAMADA, Tadasu K.
• MATSUDA, Ayaka
• OCHIAI, Mari
• MATSUISHI, Takashi F.
• TARU, Hajime
• IWAO, Hajime
• MARUYAMA, Tadashi

Titel

Serologic survey of Brucella infection in cetaceans inhabiting along the coast of Japan

Ist Teil von

• Journal of Veterinary Medical Science, 2020, Vol.82(1), pp.43-46

Ort / Verlag

Japan: JAPANESE SOCIETY OF VETERINARY SCIENCE

Erscheinungsjahr

2020

Quelle

Free E-Journal (出版社公開部分のみ）

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• A serologic investigation of Brucella infection was performed in 7 species of cetaceans inhabiting along the coast of Japan. A total of 32 serum samples were examined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using Brucella abortus and B. canis antigens. One serum sample from five melon-headed whales (Peponocephala electra) was positive for B. abortus. No serum sample showed positive for B. canis. The ELISA-positive melon-headed whale serum demonstrated a strong band appearance only against B. abortus antigens in Western blot analysis. Many detected bands were discrete, while some of them had a smeared appearance. The present results indicate that Brucella infection occurred in melon-headed whale population and the bacterial antigenicity is more similar to that of B. abortus than B. canis.