分歧巴贝斯虫（顶复门）在小牛血清存在下的体外生长。

Babesia divergens (Phylum Apicomplexa) in vitro growth in the presence of calf serum.

作者信息

Zintl A, Skerrett H E, Gray J S, Brophy P O, Mulcahy G

机构信息

Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Conway Institute of Biomedical and Biomolecular Research, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.

出版信息

Vet Parasitol. 2004 Jun 21;122(2):127-30. doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.03.014.

DOI:10.1016/j.vetpar.2004.03.014

PMID:15177717

Abstract

Resistance to severe babesiosis in young calves has frequently been ascribed to an unknown serum factor(s) which inhibits growth of Babesia bovis in vitro. Our experiments show that young calf sera are as suitable as adult bovine sera for the in vitro culture of Babesia divergens, indicating that in this species at least inverse age resistance is due to alternative mechanisms. The suitability of commercial foetal calf sera for B. divergens cultures seems highly variable.

摘要

幼龄犊牛对严重巴贝斯虫病的抵抗力常归因于一种未知的血清因子，该因子在体外可抑制牛巴贝斯虫的生长。我们的实验表明，幼龄犊牛血清与成年牛血清一样适合于分歧巴贝斯虫的体外培养，这表明至少在该物种中，年龄抵抗力的反向差异是由其他机制引起的。商业胎牛血清对分歧巴贝斯虫培养的适用性似乎差异很大。