TABLE 1.
Comparison of pathologies and serologies from noninoculated reindeer
| Animal | ELISA antibody response (ΔOD)a
|
Pathologyb | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Day −7 | Post-CCT | ||
| 123 | −0.021 | 0.891 | g, m |
| 124 | −0.626 | 0.023 | — |
| 129 | −0.066 | 0.478 | g, m |
| 132 | 0.023 | −0.013 | — |
a
Change in optical density (ΔOD) (response to M. bovis-derived lipoarabinomannan-enriched antigen minus the response to no antigen) by sera from noninoculated reindeer at the initiation of the study (day −7) and 2 weeks after injection of purified protein derivative for the initial comparative cervical test (post-CCT) 16 weeks later.
b
g, gross lesions consistent with tuberculosis; m, caseonecrotic granuloma(s) seen upon microscopic examination (Mycobacterium bovis was not identified by culture or in situ PCR and no acid-fast bacteria present in lesions); —, gross or microscopic lesions not detected.