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OJVRTM

Online Journal of Veterinary Research©

(Including Medical and Laboratory Research)

Established 1994

ISSN 1328-925X

 

Volume  29 (6): 377-385, 2025.


Diagnosis of Fasciola gigantica by SDS-PAGE and ELISA in serum and milk of lactating cattle.

 

Ghazy AA, Abdel-Rahman EH, Abd El-Aziz MM

 

Veterinary Research Division, National Research Center,  Dokki, Giza, Cairo, Egypt.

 

ABSTRACT

 

Ghazy AA, Abdel-Rahman EH, Abd El-Aziz MM Diagnosis of Fasciola gigantica by ES-F5 and ELISA in serum and milk in lactating cattle., Onl J Vet Res.,, 29 (6): 377-385, 2025. Excretions from Fasciola gigantica are immunodiagnostic antigens but require purification. We isolated 5 fractions by gel filtration chromatography on Sephacryl S-200 column. Two fold serially diluted F. gigantica positive buffalo sera SDS-PAGE electrophoresis profile yielded molecular weights KDa of 30.0 with isoelectric point (PSI) of 4.1, 26.0 PSI  4.9, 22.5 PSI 5.3, 20.0 PSI 6.0, 17.0 PSI 6.3, 14.0 PSI  and 13.5 KDa. WE isolated immunoreactive bands of antigen in sera and defatted skim milk by Western immunoblot of 30.0, 14.0 and 13.5 KDa A 22.5 KDa band identified positive sera whereas 17.0 KDa occurred in milk. Using this method we diagnosed 270 liver fluke in infected and non infected lactating buffaloes confirmed by fecal egg tests. Serum-ELISA yielded diagnostic value of 62.2% milk-ELISA 58.2% and fecal tests 48.2%. Milk and serum from F. gigantica infected cattle  with fecal eggs yielded serum sensitivity 99.2% and milk ELISA 97.7%.

 

Keywords: Fasciola gigantica; Lactating buffaloes; ES-F5 antigen; Serum-ELISA; Milk-ELISA.


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