To develop a rapid diagnosis method for Lancefield group C
Streptococcus dysgalactiae (GCSD) infection, latex beads were coated with recombinant
S. dysgalactiae surface immunogenic protein (rSd-Sip). The usefulness of the beads for slide agglutination tests with fish sera was examined. The beads were agglutinated with GCSD-infected sera collected from farmed amberjack
Seriola dumerili. However, the beads were not agglutinated with non-infected sera or immunized sera collected from fish vaccinated with
Lactococcus garvieae and
Streptococcus iniae. The results demonstrate that the slide agglutination test using rSd-Sip-coated latex beads is an easy, rapid, and effective method for agglutinating antibody-detection in GCSD-infected fish.
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