Abstract
Neonatal rabbits were injected intraperitoneally (i.p.) within 12 h of birth followed by similar injections every day for 10 consecutive days and then every second day for a further 8 weeks, with mycoplasma broth medium (tolerogen), to induce immune tolerance. The rabbits were then immunized with the porcine mycoplasmas, M. hyopneumoniae or M. hyorhinis at 9 weeks of age. Immune sera obtained from these rabbits and from normal control rabbits were tested for antibodies against broth mycoplasma antigens and for antibodies to medium components by double immunodiffusion in agarose and by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Antisera obtained from the tolerized rabbits contained no antibodies to medium components as evidenced by lack of reactivity in both assays. In immunofluorescence tests the antisera obtained from tolerized rabbits permitted specific staining of colonies of the homologous mycoplasma grown on mycoplasma agarose medium. In contrast the antisera obtained from normal rabbits produced strong reactions in all of the tests and non-specific background fluorescence due to reactions with components of the culture medium.
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