Comparison of a Microtitration Plate ELISA with a Standard Cultural Procedure for the Detection of Salmonella spp. in Chicken

Author:

WYATT GARY M.1,LEE HEATHER A.1,DIONYSIOU SARAH1,MORGAN MICHAEL R. A.1,STOKELY D. J.2,AL-HAJJI A. H.3,RICHARDS J.2,SILLIS A. J.4,JONES P. H.4

Affiliation:

1. 1 Department of Food Molecular Biochemistry, Institute of Food Research, Norwich Laboratory, Norwich Research Park, Colney, Norwich NR4 7UA, UK

2. 2 Public Health Laboratory Service, Bowthorpe Road, Norwich NR2 3TX, UK

3. 4School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich NR4 7TJ, UK

4. 3 Public Health Laboratory Service, Ipswich Hospital, Heath Road, Ipswich IP4 5PD, UK

Abstract

A rapid antibody-capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) detecting a wide range of Salmonella serotypes and employing only one culture stage was used to analyze the giblets and body cavity rinsings from frozen chickens. The results from the ELISA were compared with those obtained using a standard cultural procedure in current use in two laboratories, Norwich (N) and Ipswich (I), of the Public Health Laboratory Service (PHLS) in the UK. ELISAs were carried out on the same samples at each of two PHLS laboratories and at the Institute of Food Research with good agreement (94% and 90%). When compared with the cultural method there was 80% and 70% agreement with the ELISA with the PHLS(N) and PHLS(l) samples. The ELISA appeared to have a false-positive rate of 17% (samples from PHLS(N)) but on reculture of the “negative” samples this rate fell to 7%. The false-negative rate for the ELISA was 26% (samples from PHLS(N)) which appeared to be due to insufficient growth of the Salmonella spp. in the single cultural step employed in the ELISA rather than lack of recognition by the antibodies. The problem of false negatives with the cultural method is also discussed. These results are comparable to previously published studies relating immunoassays and the conventional procedure for Salmonella detection when analyzing similar samples. Suggestions are made as to how further increases in ELISA efficiency might be brought about.

Publisher

International Association for Food Protection

Subject

Microbiology,Food Science

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