Serologic enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay responses of calves vaccinated with a killed Mycobacterium paratuberculosis vaccine
1991
Spangler, E. | Heider, L.E. | Bech-Nielsen, S. | Dorn, C.R.
The purpose of this study was to document the effect of calfhood vaccination for Mycobacterium paratuberculosis on a serologic ELISA. Fifteen calves vaccinated with a killed paratuberculosis vaccine and 5 unvaccinated control calves were tested from the first through the fifteenth month of life. Age of vaccination ranged from 5 to 40 days. Blood samples were collected prior to vaccination and periodically thereafter. Serum antibody was analyzed by use of the ELISA. All calves were Elisa-negative prior to vaccination. Thirteen of 15 vaccinated calves became ELISA-positive between 2 and 6 months after vaccination. The unvaccinated cohort remained Elisa-negative. Widespread use of vaccine may interfere with diagnosis of paratuberculosis and with control programs that are based on serologic tests that measure humoral antibody.
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