Immune response of Tilapia aurea exposed to Salmonella typhimurium

Baker, David A.; Smitherman, R. Oneal

doi:10.1128/aem.46.1.28-31.1983

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“…Also similar to mammals, teleosts can be immunized by intravenous, intraperitonial, intramuscular (as applied here) or oral antigen administration (Baker and Smitherman, 1983; Harel et al., 2001). As we harvested antisera repeatedly from immunized specimens, it was desirable to carry out the immunizations as carefully as possible.…”

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“…With a sufficient titre 3 weeks after the last immunization, the immune response to xenoantigenic erythrocytes seems to follow a general scheme. Tilapiines also respond to antigens such as porcine, bovine and dog albumins or globulins with a peak titre 2–4 weeks after the last immunization (Baker and Smitherman, 1983; Mor and Avtalion, 1990; Prelle, 1999). The possibility to generate antisera in related tilapiine species by three‐time intramuscular injection of purified erythrocytes simplifies the procedure.…”

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The use of xenoantigenic antisera for the identification of tilapiine species: comparative laboratory and field studies

Witten¹,

Falk

Abban

et al. 2003

Journal of Applied Ichthyology

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Rapid and reliable identification of tilapiine taxa and strains is essential for selective breeding purposes and the conservation of natural genetic resources. There is evidence that antiseramediated erythrocyte agglutination assays can fit these requirements. We evaluated the applicability of agglutination tests by studying the capacity of species characteristic antisera to recognize erythrocytes from individuals of 10 natural Ghanaian populations of Oreochromis niloticus and Sarotherodon melanotheron. The vast majority of the 218 tested individuals could be identified based on antisera-mediated erythrocyte recognition. Controls indicated the specificity of these reactions. Still, erythrocytes from 16% of all tested specimens did not respond to any antiserum (zero responders), indicating the possible existence of blood group properties in tilapias. We discuss the specificity of the antisera, the relevance of zero responses and the applicability of these tests in aquaculture and field studies.

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confidence: 99%