Tachibana Masato, Watanabe Kenta, Kim Suk, Omata Yoshitaka, Murata Koichi, Hammond Ted, Watarai Masahisa
Department of Applied Veterinary Science, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080-8555, Japan.
J Wildl Dis. 2006 Apr;42(2):412-4. doi: 10.7589/0090-3558-42.2.412.
Brucella spp. have been recently isolated from a variety of marine mammals. Serum samples from 58 Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursipa aduncus) from the Solomon Islands were tested for antibodies to Brucella spp. by the tube agglutination test (TAT), enzymed-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), and immunoblotting. Anti-Brucella spp. antibodies were detected by TAT and ELISA in 31 and 40 of 58 samples, respectively. These results suggest that Pacific bottlenose dolphins from the Solomon Islands are infected with Brucella spp. or a Brucella-like organism.
布鲁氏菌属最近已从多种海洋哺乳动物中分离出来。对来自所罗门群岛的58只太平洋宽吻海豚（Tursipa aduncus）的血清样本进行了检测，采用试管凝集试验（TAT）、酶联免疫吸附测定（ELISA）和免疫印迹法检测布鲁氏菌属抗体。分别在58份样本中的31份和40份样本中通过TAT和ELISA检测到抗布鲁氏菌属抗体。这些结果表明，来自所罗门群岛的太平洋宽吻海豚感染了布鲁氏菌属或类似布鲁氏菌的生物体。
