Discrepancy Between In-clinic and Haemagglutination-Inhibition Tests in Detecting Maternally-Derived Antibodies Against Canine Parvovirus in Puppies

Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Michela Beccaglia¹  Alessandra Cavalli²  Giulio Guido Aiudi²  Costantina Desario²  Canio Buonavoglia²  Nicola Decaro²  Roberta Caseri³  Paola Dall'Ara³  Stefania Lauzi³  Joel Filipe³ 

[1] Ambulatorio Veterinario Beccaglia, Lissone, Italy;Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari, Bari, Italy;Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Milan, Lodi, Italy;

关键词: canine parvovirus;    dog;    haemagglutination inhibition test;    in-clinic ELISA test;    maternally-derived antibodies;    vaccination;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fvets.2021.630809

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Canine parvovirus (CPV) is one of the most common causes of mortality in puppies worldwide. Protection against CPV infection is based on vaccination, but maternally-derived antibodies (MDA) can interfere with vaccination. The aim of this study was to evaluate the applicability of an in-clinic ELISA test to assess the CPV MDA in unvaccinated puppies and CPV antibodies in bitches, comparing the results with the gold standard haemagglutination inhibition (HI) test. Serum samples of 136 unvaccinated puppies were tested, along with sera of 16 vaccinated bitches. Five unvaccinated puppies were retested after vaccination. Both assays showed that the 16 vaccinated bitches had protective antibody levels against CPV. Conversely, significant discrepancies were observed for the MDA titers in unvaccinated puppies. Protective MDA titers were observed in 91.9% puppies using HI and in 40.4% by the in-clinic ELISA test, and only the latter one showed a decrease of MDA titers and percentages of protected puppies after the first weeks of age. Vaccination of five puppies with high HI and low in-clinic ELISA MDA titers resulted in seroconversion. Our results confirm the reliability of the in-clinic ELISA test in determining protective antibodies against CPV in adult dogs. Our findings also suggest that the in-clinic ELISA test kit may also be a useful tool to detect and quantify CPV MDA, thus allowing prediction of the best time to vaccinate puppies and reduction of the rate of vaccination failures due to interference by maternally-derived antibodies.

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