Seroepidemiological Survey of Pathogenic Yersinia in Breeding Squirrel Monkeys in Japan

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Takahide TANIGUCHI¹  Hideki HAYASHIDANI¹  Shin-ichi NAKAMURA²  Taketoshi IWATA¹  Yumi UNE²  Ken-ichi LEE¹ 

[1] Division of Animal Life Science, Institute of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology;School of Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University

关键词: ELISA;    squirrel monkey;    Yersinia;    Yops;   

DOI  :  10.1292/jvms.09-0505

学科分类：兽医学

来源: Japanese Society of Veterinary Science

【 摘 要 】

References(30)To investigate the prevalence of antibodies to pathogenic Yersinia in breeding squirrel monkeys, the serum samples of 252 squirrel monkeys from 9 zoological gardens in Japan were tested by ELISA using plasmid-encoded Yersinia outer membrane protein (Yops) as the antigen. The cutoff value was calculated by using the serum samples of the squirrel monkeys from Suriname, where no prevalence of pathogenic Yersinia have been reported. According to the cutoff value, 164 of 252 (65.1%) squirrel monkeys were considered positive against pathogenic Yersinia. These positive monkeys belonged to 8 of the 9 zoological gardens, and the percentage of the seropositive monkeys ranged from 22.2 to 89.4%. Furthermore, in one zoological garden, the positive rate of the squirrel monkeys which were over 1 year old (95.7%) was significantly higher than those which were under 1 year old (23.3%). These results suggested that pathogenic Yersinia is highly prevalent among breeding monkeys in Japan.

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