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Year 2013 - Volume 33, Number 9
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Production and purification of polyclonal anti-Leptospira immunoglobulin Y,
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ABSTRACT.- Tavares T.C.F., Soares P.M., Neves J.H.F.F., Soares M.M., Ferreira Junior Á., Souza D.L.N., Ávila V.M.R. & Lima-Ribeiro A.M.C. 2013. [Production and purification of polyclonal anti-Leptospira immunoglobulin Y.] Produção e purificação de imunoglobulinas Y policlonais anti-Leptospira spp. Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira 33(9):1097-1102. Centro Colaborador de Defesa Agropecuária do Brasil Central, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Rua Ceará s/n, Bloco 2D, sala 33, Uberlândia, MG 38400-902, Brazil. E-mail: tcftavares@yahoo.com.br
The aim was to determine whether hens immunized with an inactivated suspension of Leptospira and a solution of outer membrane proteins extracted from the serovar Hardjo, could produce specific polyclonal antibodies to Leptospira, detected in ELISA assay. Eight hens White Leghorn race with 25-weeks-old were immunized, three with an inactivated suspension of Leptospira, three with a solution of outer membrane proteins (OMP) extracted from the serovar Hardjo and two controls immunized with saline. Blood samples were collected fortnightly and eggs daily. The IgY was purified from the egg yolk using the method for the delipidation of dilution with water acidic and ammonium sulfate precipitation. The ELISA assay was performed to verify the specificity of the IgY, these was possible to observe the production of specific antibody to Leptospira both in serum and purified egg yolk. The specific antibody titers peaked in the fifth week post immunization. The production of polyclonal IgY was effective for producing high titers of specific antibodies. |
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