反刍动物埃立克体荧光定量PCR检测技术的建立和应用

doi:10.11843/j.issn.0366-6964.2021.07.019

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Abstract: In order to detect Ehrlichia ruminantium rapidly and accurately, a set of specific primer and TaqMan probe were designed for TaqMan real-time PCR assay and three sets of specific primers were designed for Eva Green real-time PCR assay according to the pCS20 gene to establish real-time PCR assays for detection of Ehrlichia ruminantium. The specificity, sensitivity and repeatability were tested, respectively. Then the TaqMan and Eva Green real-time PCR were used to detect Amblyomma samples and compared with OIE nested PCR. Results showed that the Ehrlichia ruminantium could be identified specifically and without any cross reaction with B.bovis, B.bigemina, Theileria annulata, E. Canis, E. bovis, E.equi and E. risticii. Besides, the TaqMan and Eva Green real-time PCR detection limits were 17.4 and 1.74 copies·μL^-1, respectively. The coefficients of variations were less than 1.5% for both intra-assay and inter-assay. Total 420 Amblyomma samples were detected by the established assays, positive rate was 25.48% in TaqMan real-time PCR and 29.29% in Eva Green real-time PCR. The sensitivity of TaqMan and Eva Green real-time PCR was significantly higher than that of OIE nested PCR. The results indicated that the detection assays could be applied for rapid and high through-put detection of Ehrlichia ruminantium.

Key words: Ehrlichia ruminantium, pCS20 gene, TaqMan real-time PCR, Eva Green real-time PCR

CLC Number:

S852.61

WANG Suhua, WANG Zhongcai, HUANG Lingzhe, MO Hongfei, WU Shaoqiang, Lü Jizhou, ZHAO Zhiguo, SHUAI Jiangbing. Establishment and Application of Real-time PCR Assays for Detection of Ehrlichia ruminantium[J]. Acta Veterinaria et Zootechnica Sinica, 2021, 52(7): 1975-1982.

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