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Proceedings of the 10th International Colloquium on Paratuberculosis

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To better determine <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> most appropriate cut<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>f value Receiver Operating characteristic (ROC)<br />

analysis was used (Figure 2) and showed that a cut<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>f <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>f 59 pfu/50 ml gives Sn and Sp values<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> 90% and 99%, respectively. This cut<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g>f value can be refined as more data is generated, but<br />

shows <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> clear relati<strong>on</strong>ship between <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> number <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> plaques and presence <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> MAP in a sample.<br />

As high levels <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Mycobacteria should not be present in hygienically collected milk, this<br />

relati<strong>on</strong>ship is to be expected if infected animals are shedding MAP. Hence in this case plaque<br />

numbers al<strong>on</strong>e can be used to indicate MAP infecti<strong>on</strong> without <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> need for PCR c<strong>on</strong>firmati<strong>on</strong>.<br />

The Cyprus cattle populati<strong>on</strong> is free from bovine tuberculosis however, since any Mycobacteria<br />

shed into milk will result in a plaque, if this were to be repeated in a country with endemic levels<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> TB, <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> plaque results al<strong>on</strong>e could not be used as an indicati<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> MAP infecti<strong>on</strong>. For<br />

instance in this work 26 o<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r isolates were recovered <strong>on</strong> culture and identified as Mycobacteria<br />

spp. by Z-N stain and species-specific PCR (Tevere et al., 1996) and <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>se cells would have<br />

given rise to IS900 PCR-negative plaques. While <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> relati<strong>on</strong>ship between infecti<strong>on</strong> and plaque<br />

number is expected to be maintained irrespective <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> identity <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> Mycobacterium being<br />

shed into milk, a multiplex PCR genotyping assay would <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>n be required to c<strong>on</strong>firm <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> identity<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> organism being detected (see Stanley et al., 2007).<br />

CONCLUSION<br />

The combined phage PCR assay was successfully applied to real BTM samples and shown to<br />

be able to sensitively and specifically detect MAP within 24 h in a populati<strong>on</strong> that is free from TB.<br />

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