The serodiagnosis of chronic fascioliasis (Fasciola gigantica) using a fluorescent-antibody technique with single and multiple whole-fluke antigens
Schillhorn van Veen, T.W.; Buys, J.
Tropenmedizin und Parasitologie 30(2): 194-197
1979
ISSN/ISBN: 0303-4208 PMID: 384628 Document Number: 144472
Sera from cattle with single or mixed infections of Fasciola gigantica, Dicrocoelium hospes, Schistosoma bovis and paramphistomes were examined for fluorescent antibodies. Cross-reacting antibodies of the heterologous flukes were easily detected by using cryostat sections with whole-fluke-antigen of all 3 flukes. The presence of F. gigantica antibodies in a cattle herd was tested at intervals of 2 months in order to establish the occurrence of chronic fascioliasis. The lack of significant differences in antibody levels of infected, treated and uninfected cattle showed that herd antibody levels are not very useful to detect chronic Fasciola infections. [AS].