ABDEL-ALL, A., KOTB, M., OMAR, H., FARAG, Y., HELALY, M. (1996). CHARACTERIZATION OF TRI-CHOMONAS FOETUS ANTIGEN FOR DIAGNOSTIC PURPOSES. Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 74(2), 555-560. doi: 10.21608/ejar.1996.428349
AHMED ABDEL-ALL; MOHAMED H. R. KOTB; HUSSEIN M. OMAR; YAHYA A. FARAG; MASOUD H. HELALY. "CHARACTERIZATION OF TRI-CHOMONAS FOETUS ANTIGEN FOR DIAGNOSTIC PURPOSES". Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 74, 2, 1996, 555-560. doi: 10.21608/ejar.1996.428349
ABDEL-ALL, A., KOTB, M., OMAR, H., FARAG, Y., HELALY, M. (1996). 'CHARACTERIZATION OF TRI-CHOMONAS FOETUS ANTIGEN FOR DIAGNOSTIC PURPOSES', Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 74(2), pp. 555-560. doi: 10.21608/ejar.1996.428349
ABDEL-ALL, A., KOTB, M., OMAR, H., FARAG, Y., HELALY, M. CHARACTERIZATION OF TRI-CHOMONAS FOETUS ANTIGEN FOR DIAGNOSTIC PURPOSES. Egyptian Journal of Agricultural Research, 1996; 74(2): 555-560. doi: 10.21608/ejar.1996.428349
CHARACTERIZATION OF TRI-CHOMONAS FOETUS ANTIGEN FOR DIAGNOSTIC PURPOSES
1Animal Reproduction Research Institute, Agricultural Research Centre, Giza, Egypt
2Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
Abstract
A comparison between serological and culture methods for diagnostis of Tr.foetus in cattle has been worked out . From 159 cows, only 11 serum samples were found to harbour anti-Tr.foetus antibodies by ELISA (6.9%). Samples of vaginal mucus from 12 animals were proved to be positive (7.5%) by culture method. The Three organisms were recovered from 25 mucus samples (15.7%). SDS-PAGE of Tr.foetus revealed the occurrence of 21 protein fractions with molecular weight varying from <17 KD to >130 KD.