Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8504652 | Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology | 2018 | 17 Pages |
Abstract
Veterinary medical examinations, including both physical examination and diagnostic tests, are important to monitor the health of both managed-care and wild marine mammals. However, limited species-specific reagents and assays are available that may contribute to a broader medical examination. This project evaluated if commercially available human and porcine antibodies and reagents would cross-react with manatee (Trichechus manatus) cytokines as the first step to validate a new diagnostic tool for manatees. Overall, as a result of limited cross-reactivity, human and porcine commercial reagents did not allow for the quantification of manatee cytokines. At this point, caution must be exercised when using human or porcine immunoassay reagents to quantify manatee cytokines if the reagents have not been fully validated. Future efforts will continue to explore and test the cross-reactivity of reagents to measure manatee cytokines as new species-specific and commercial reagents become available.
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Authors
Milton Levin, Lindsay Jasperse, Erika Gebhard, Estelle Rousselet, Catherine Walsh,