Abstract
The value of cercarial antigen for diagnosis of experimental and natural sheep fasciolosis was studied by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and enzyme linked immunotransfer blot (EITB). In ELISA, the antibody levels of experimentally infected sheep with Fasciola gigantica appeared at 2 weeks post infection (PI), gradually increased till 7 weeks PI and nearly remained at the same level from 7 to 13 weeks PI (the end of experiment). Also, the sensitivity and specificity of cercarial antigen for diagnosis of naturally sheep fasciolosis were 100 and 90%, respectively. In EITB, in the sheep experimentally infected with F. gigantica, the band of 32.5 kDa molecular weight polypeptide appeared at 2 weeks PI and continued till the end of experiment. Also, the cercarial antigen recognized 32.5 kDa molecular weight band with all sera from naturally infected sheep with fasciolosis ( n=25). This band did not cross-react when tested with sera from infected sheep with Cysticercus tenuicollus ( n=20). This study suggests that, the 32.5 kDa molecular weight polypeptide could be used as sensitive and specific epitope for the serodiagnosis of sheep fasciolosis.
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