Dijagnosticiranje invazije trakavicom Echinococcus granulosus u pasa dokazivanjem koproantigena sendvič imunoenzimnim testom.

Echinococcosis is a near-cosmopolitan zoonosis caused by the adult or larval stages of tapeworms belonging to the genus Echinococcus. Cystic echinococcosis in food animals is highly prevalent in India in general and in the Karnataka state in particular. A sandwich ELISA was standardized and evaluated in field conditions for coproantigen detection of Echinococcus granulosus infection in dogs. Field fecal supernatants were titrated against positive dog serum. A total of 368 fecal supernatants were tested and 16 samples were found to be positive in sandwich ELISA. Sensitivity and specificity was calculated by taking necropsy as the standard. The sensitivity was found to be 100 percent and the specificity was 96.94 percent.Ehinokokoza je zoonoza proširena diljem svijeta, uzrokovana odraslim i larvalnim oblicima trakavica roda Echinococcus. Cistična ehinokokoza u farmskih životinja vrlo je česta u Indiji, i to osobito u državi Karnataka. Standardiziran je sendvič imunoenzimni test te je ocijenjena njegova vrijednost u terenskim uvjetima u cilju otkrivanja koproantigena podrijetlom iz trakavice Echinococcus granulosus u pasa. Nadtalog suspenzije izmeta titriran je u odnosu na pozitivan uzorak pasjega seruma. Od 368 uzoraka nadtaloga izmeta, koproantigeni su bili dokazani u 16 uzoraka. Osjetljivost i specifičnost testa određene su usporedbom s razudbenim nalazom i nalazom trakavica. Dokazano je da test otkriva sve invadirane životinje. Osjetljivost testa iznosila je 96,94%