Antigens of the sheep scab mite Psoroptes ovis

Title:

Antigens of the sheep scab mite Psoroptes ovis

Creator:

Jayawardena, Kamburapola Gamarallage Indrananda, Heller-Haupt, Agi, Woodland, Ralpha Martin, and Varma, Mavelikara Godavarma Raja

Identifier:

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Subject:

sheep scab, Psoroptes ovis, and antigens

Type:

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Format:

print

Description:

Sheep scab caused by the mite Psoroptes ovis (Hering) is a highly contagious disease of sheep. As a first step in developing a mite-derived vaccine for controlling the disease, the soluble antigens in mite extracts which induce an immune response in sheep were identified by electrophoretic and immunoblotting techniques. At least 22 proteins were present in P. ovis extracts as revealed by Coomassie Blue staining. Mite-infested sheep serum recognised six antigenic bands in the extracts with approximate relative molecular weights ranging from 12 to 183 kDa. A deeply staining band at 31.2 kDa and another at 41.8 kDa are of particular diagnostic value. Immunoblotting studies showed that there was no cross reactivity between P. ovis and two other ectoparasites of sheep in the UK, the sheep louse Bovicola ovis (Schrank) and the sheep tick Ixodes ricinus L.

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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Coverage:

239-244 and 65-70

Source:

Folia parasitologica | 1998 Volume:45 | Number:3

Harvested from:

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