| protein a/g dependent elisa a promising diagnostic tool in lyme disease seroprevalence in game animals and hunting dogs. | one of the major problems in serodiagnosis in wild animals is unavailability of specific antiglobulin conjugate. our study focuses on validation of protein a/g dependent elisa in game animals like deer and mouflons as well as in hunting dogs. binding ability of protein a/g-conjugate to antibodies was the highest in dogs followed by fallow deer and mouflons. three different whole cell borrelia antigens were used to evaluate antigen dependent variation. in new protein a/g-elisa the highest sensiti ... | 2004 | 15001314 |
| immunoglobulin g antibodies to borrelia burgdorferi in game animals and small mammals in eastern slovakia. | in a survey of game animals and small mammals, the sera of 185 animals were examined for the presence of immunoglobulin g antibodies to the spirochete borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato, which causes lyme borreliosis. these animals comprised 59 fallow deer (dama dama), 56 mouflons (ovis musimon) and 70 small mammals of six different species. the sera of the fallow deer and the mouflons were examined by indirect haemagglutination assay. the sera of the small mammals were examined by modified enzyme- ... | 2003 | 15005560 |
| blood feeding on large grazers affects the transmission of borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato by ixodes ricinus. | the presence of ixodes ricinus and their associated borrelia infections on large grazers was investigated. carcases of freshly shot red deer, mouflon and wild boar were examined for the presence of any stage of i. ricinus. questing ticks were collected from locations where red deer and wild boar are known to occur. presence of borrelia burgdorferi s.l. dna was examined in a fraction of the collected ticks. larvae, nymphs and adult ticks were found on the three large grazers. red deer had the hig ... | 2014 | 25113977 |