Volume 7
Issue 1
Veterinary Medicine
JOURNAL OF
POLISH
AGRICULTURAL
UNIVERSITIES
Available Online: http://www.ejpau.media.pl/volume7/issue1/veterinary/abs-03.html
EVALUATION OF AGREEMENT OF THE ELISA AND AGID TESTS IN THE DIAGNOSTICS OF CAPRINE ARTHRITIS-ENCEPHALITIS
Jarosław Kaba, Martin Ganter, Krzysztof Rypuła, Tadeusz Frymus
ABSTRACT
Caprine arthritis-encephalitis infection manifests itself as chronic inflammation of one or two carpal joints, neurological symptoms, shortened lactation period and decreased milk production. To the eradication of CAE infection, OIE recommended effective and recognized diagnostic tests like AGID and ELISA, which are based on detecting antibodies against glycoprotein gp135 or protein p28 of CAEV. Our study aimed at evaluating the agreement of these tests in order to diagnose CAE. In our investigations we used serum samples from 76 herds all over Poland. Our results confirm a high agreement of the AGID and ELISA tests in identifying CAE infection and show a high correlation between clinical symptoms and a positive result of diagnostic examination. Therefore, both these tests can be applied to projects of eradication of CAE infection in goat herds.
Key words: CAEV, AGID test, ELISA test, Kappa value..