Table 1.
Serological results of 39 dogs naturally infected with Angiostrongylus vasorum (as diagnosed with positive Baermann-Wetzel analysis) tested with the Angio Detect™ Test (IDEXX Laboratories) and with an ELISA for detection of circulating antigen[18]
| |
Antigen-ELISA
2
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Angio-detect™
1
|
Negative |
+ |
++ |
+++ |
Total |
| (< 0.159) | (0.159-0.350) | (0.351-0.800) | (>0.800) | ||
| Negative |
2 |
4 |
|
|
6 |
| + |
|
|
1 |
3 |
4 |
| ++ |
|
|
|
8 |
8 |
| +++ |
|
|
|
21 |
21 |
| Total | 2 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 39 |
1negative = no coloration, + = slight, visible coloration, ++ = good visible coloration, +++ = intensive coloration (see Figure 1).
2ELISA-results categorized based on optical density values (given in brackets).