Abstract
A cell wall antigen of Brucella canis was purified by immunosorbent columns. The antigen contained two proteins of 30 and 28 kilodaltons and a polysaccharide exhibiting a 12-kilodalton band upon 12.5% sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Antibody to the purified antigen, which specifically reacted with the polysaccharide, was used as the first coating antibody in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for serological diagnosis of canine brucellosis. Dogs inoculated orally with live B. canis were positive and dogs from B. canis-free colonies were negative in the ELISA. Of 199 dogs from a brucellosis-contaminated area, 116 with negative titers in the tube agglutination test (TAT), using heat-inactivated whole B. canis cells as the antigen, were also negative in the ELISA. Seventy-eight of the dogs with questionable titers in the TAT were divided into two groups: 20 dogs that were positive in the ELISA and 58 that were negative. Of five dogs with positive titers in the TAT, three were positive in the ELISA and the gel immunodiffusion test (GD) with crude B. canis extract as the antigen and were also culture positive for B. canis. One dog was positive in the ELISA and GD but gave a negative culture result. Serum from the remaining dog, which was positive with high titer in the TAT but negative in the ELISA and in culture for B. canis, formed a spur precipitate with a homologous precipitate in the GD. These results indicate that the ELISA is a specific serological test for B. canis infection in dogs.
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