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Clinical, hematologic, and humoral immune response in female dogs inoculated with Rickettsia rickettsii and Rickettsia montana. 1988

E B Breitschwerdt, and D H Walker, and M G Levy, and W Burgdorfer, and W T Corbett, and S A Hurlbert, and M E Stebbins, and B C Curtis, and D A Allen
Department of Companion Animal, School of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 27606.

Female Beagles were inoculated intradermally with a sublethal dose of Rickettsia rickettsii and R montana. Three dogs (group 1) were inoculated with 2 X 10(2) plaque-forming units (PFU) of R rickettsia and were treated with tetracycline beginning on postinoculation day (PID) 12; 3 dogs (group 2) were inoculated with 2 X 10(2) PFU of R rickettsii but were not treated; 3 dogs (group 3) were inoculated with 2 X 10(2) PFU of R montana. Group-3 dogs failed to seroconvert and were inoculated a second time on PID 68. Groups 1 and 2 dogs inoculated with R rickettsii became depressed and developed occasional inappetence, fever, hematochezia, and ocular lesions. These dogs had a decrease in PCV and RBC count, an initial decrease in WBC count followed by leukocytosis, and a decrease in platelet count. Group-3 dogs inoculated with R montana remained healthy. After R rickettsii inoculation, the serologic response to spotted fever group (SFG) rickettsial antigens (R rickettsii, R rhipicephali, R montana, and R bellii) was similar. The antibody response to R rickettsii was first detected on PID 9, with peak titers reached by PID 20. Serum titers to R rickettsii remained stable or decreased one dilution through PID 120. Of 4 SFG rickettsial antigens, the highest serologic response was to R rickettsii. A cross-reacting antibody response with R rhipicephali and R montana was nearly identical and was only slightly less than the response to R rickettsii. Cross-reacting antibodies to R belli were of lower mean titer and of shorter duration than were cross-reacting antibodies to other SFG rickettsiae.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D001772 Blood Cell Count The number of LEUKOCYTES and ERYTHROCYTES per unit volume in a sample of venous BLOOD. A complete blood count (CBC) also includes measurement of the HEMOGLOBIN; HEMATOCRIT; and ERYTHROCYTE INDICES. Blood Cell Number,Blood Count, Complete,Blood Cell Counts,Blood Cell Numbers,Blood Counts, Complete,Complete Blood Count,Complete Blood Counts,Count, Blood Cell,Count, Complete Blood,Counts, Blood Cell,Counts, Complete Blood,Number, Blood Cell,Numbers, Blood Cell
D003429 Cross Reactions Serological reactions in which an antiserum against one antigen reacts with a non-identical but closely related antigen. Cross Reaction,Reaction, Cross,Reactions, Cross
D004285 Dogs The domestic dog, Canis familiaris, comprising about 400 breeds, of the carnivore family CANIDAE. They are worldwide in distribution and live in association with people. (Walker's Mammals of the World, 5th ed, p1065) Canis familiaris,Dog
D005260 Female Females
D005455 Fluorescent Antibody Technique Test for tissue antigen using either a direct method, by conjugation of antibody with fluorescent dye (FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, DIRECT) or an indirect method, by formation of antigen-antibody complex which is then labeled with fluorescein-conjugated anti-immunoglobulin antibody (FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT). The tissue is then examined by fluorescence microscopy. Antinuclear Antibody Test, Fluorescent,Coon's Technique,Fluorescent Antinuclear Antibody Test,Fluorescent Protein Tracing,Immunofluorescence Technique,Coon's Technic,Fluorescent Antibody Technic,Immunofluorescence,Immunofluorescence Technic,Antibody Technic, Fluorescent,Antibody Technics, Fluorescent,Antibody Technique, Fluorescent,Antibody Techniques, Fluorescent,Coon Technic,Coon Technique,Coons Technic,Coons Technique,Fluorescent Antibody Technics,Fluorescent Antibody Techniques,Fluorescent Protein Tracings,Immunofluorescence Technics,Immunofluorescence Techniques,Protein Tracing, Fluorescent,Protein Tracings, Fluorescent,Technic, Coon's,Technic, Fluorescent Antibody,Technic, Immunofluorescence,Technics, Fluorescent Antibody,Technics, Immunofluorescence,Technique, Coon's,Technique, Fluorescent Antibody,Technique, Immunofluorescence,Techniques, Fluorescent Antibody,Techniques, Immunofluorescence,Tracing, Fluorescent Protein,Tracings, Fluorescent Protein
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D000907 Antibodies, Bacterial Immunoglobulins produced in a response to BACTERIAL ANTIGENS. Bacterial Antibodies
D000942 Antigens, Bacterial Substances elaborated by bacteria that have antigenic activity. Bacterial Antigen,Bacterial Antigens,Antigen, Bacterial
D012281 Rickettsia A genus of gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped bacteria often surrounded by a protein microcapsular layer and slime layer. The natural cycle of its organisms generally involves a vertebrate and an invertebrate host. Species of the genus are the etiological agents of human diseases, such as typhus.
D012284 Rickettsia rickettsii A species of gram-negative, aerobic bacteria that is the etiologic agent of ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPOTTED FEVER. Its cells are slightly smaller and more uniform in size than those of RICKETTSIA PROWAZEKII.

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