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Proceedings of the 10th International Colloquium on Paratuberculosis

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Applicati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> a rapid and sensitive combined phage-PCR method for <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

detecti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis in raw milk<br />

George Botsaris a , Maria Liapi b , Charalambos Kakogiannis b , Christine Dodd a and Ca<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>rine<br />

Rees a<br />

a Food Sciences Divisi<strong>on</strong>, Univ. <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Nottingham, Sutt<strong>on</strong> B<strong>on</strong>ingt<strong>on</strong> Campus, Leics, LE12 5RD, UK<br />

b Cyprus Veterinary Services, 1417 Athalassas Av, Nicosia, Cyprus<br />

ABSTRACT<br />

The objective <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> this study was to evaluate a new combined phage-PCR method by investigating<br />

levels <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> MAP in milking herds in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> UK and throughout <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Republic <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Cyprus. Bulk milk<br />

samples were collected from 54 UK farms and 225 dairy farms in Cyprus and were tested using<br />

both <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> phage assay and a c<strong>on</strong>venti<strong>on</strong>al culture method for <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> presence <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> MAP. The identity<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> MAP cells detected was c<strong>on</strong>firmed in both cases by IS900 PCR. N<strong>on</strong>e <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> UK samples<br />

were culture positive whereas 1 was phage-PCR positive. In Cyprus MAP 50 <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> 225 samples<br />

were MAP positive using <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> combined phage-PCR and MAP was cultured from 2 samples,<br />

despite <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> fact that <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> animals tested were not displaying clinical symptoms <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Johne’s disease.<br />

Total viable count was also determined as an indicator <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> general hygiene status <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

samples. Comparis<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> MAP status with TVC suggests that <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>se were not introduced by<br />

faecal c<strong>on</strong>taminati<strong>on</strong>. Typing <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> two MAP strains isolated from cow’s milk in Cyprus by<br />

culture was performed using REA IS1311 PCR and identified <strong>on</strong>e <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>se to be an S strain and<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> o<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r C strain. The results c<strong>on</strong>firm that <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> phage-based detecti<strong>on</strong> test is more sensitive than<br />

c<strong>on</strong>venti<strong>on</strong>al culture and dem<strong>on</strong>strate <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> efficacy and practicality <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> phage-based test as a<br />

routine rapid method for <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> detecti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> viable MAP in milk.<br />

INTRODUCTION<br />

Detecti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (MAP) in milk currently relies <strong>on</strong><br />

culture, immunoassays and molecular techniques. The culture based techniques require a very<br />

l<strong>on</strong>g incubati<strong>on</strong> period <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> about 3 m<strong>on</strong>ths and a chemical dec<strong>on</strong>taminati<strong>on</strong> step which reduces<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> number <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> competitive microbes, but also reduces <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> number <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> viable Mycobacteria<br />

present in a sample, limiting <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> sensitivity <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> growth-based assays. Immunoassays have a very<br />

low sensitivity in milk and <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> molecular techniques have <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> disadvantage <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> not being able to<br />

differentiate live from dead cells. A new combined phage-PCR assay for <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> detecti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> MAP<br />

in milk was described by Stanley et al. (2007) based <strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> commercially available<br />

FASTplaqueTB TM assay for detecting tuberculosis in human sputum samples. This test detects<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> ability <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> a bacteriophage (D29) to infect MAP and provided successful identificati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> viable<br />

cells in milk in less than 24 hours. The advantage here is that <strong>on</strong>ly viable cells will support<br />

phage replicati<strong>on</strong>, providing live-dead differentiati<strong>on</strong>, no chemical dec<strong>on</strong>taminati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> samples is<br />

required and large volumes (up to 50 ml) can be sampled. Genotyping is <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>n performed by<br />

amplificati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> IS900 sequences from in <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> cells detected directly from <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> bacteriophage<br />

plaques (see Rees and Dodd, 2007). The aim <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> work presented here was to apply <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> new<br />

method <strong>on</strong> real samples to assess <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> potential applicati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> test for <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> detecti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> MAP in<br />

milk and also compare <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> results with c<strong>on</strong>venti<strong>on</strong>al culture for MAP. A viable count was also<br />

performed <strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> samples to investigate any potential relati<strong>on</strong>ship between <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> presence <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

MAP in milk with TVC which was used as a general indicator <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> overall hygienic status <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

samples.<br />

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