1. Sensitivity and specificity of a commercial BSE kit for the detection of ovine scrapie.
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Yamamoto, Takuji, Ushiki‐Kaku, Yuko, Yokoyama, Takashi, and Hattori, Shunji
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BOVINE spongiform encephalopathy diagnosis ,SCRAPIE ,WESTERN immunoblotting ,ENZYME-linked immunosorbent assay ,PRIONS ,ANIMAL health - Abstract
To examine the sensitivity of a commercially available bovine spongiform encephalopathy ( BSE) kit ( NippIBL) for the detection of ovine scrapie, 50 scrapie-positive ovine samples from the UK, and 54 scrapie-negative ovine samples from Japan were obtain and tested using this kit. The sensitivity and specificity of NippIBL for ovine samples were 96% and 100%, respectively. The detection limit of the abnormal isoform of prion protein ( PrP
Sc ) of NippIBL was examined using diluted scrapie-positive samples. The sensitivity of NippIBL to ovine scrapie was 3-10 times superior to that of another commercial BSE diagnosis kit. Thus, the NippIBL kit proved more effective for the detection of ovine scrapie. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2013
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