CONCLUSION:IFA is an intuitionist, sensitive and specific method in detecting S. enteritidis antigen in paraffin wax slices, and it is a good method in diagnosis and antigen location of S. enteritidis . We also conclude that the gland of Garder, heart, kidney, spleen, liver, ileum, jejunum are target organs in S. enteritidis infections of duck, and S. enteritidis is an intracellular parasitic bacterium.
INTRODUCTIONSalmonella enteritidis (S. enteritidis) is the infectious disease causing Zoonoses. S. enteritidis is one of the primary causes of human food poisoning throughout the world, and has become a pointed public health problem [1][2][3][4] . China is the biggest country in the raising and consumption of duck in the world, but the S. enteritidis bacillus infection is a severely important infectious disease in the duck industry [5] . S. enteritidis outbreaks have been found to be associated with the consumption of contaminated and undercooked poultry products, such as eggs and egg-containing products, and have become a serious economic and public health problem [6] . Conventional methods for isolation of S. enteritidis are too laborious, not sufficiently sensitive or correct [7,8] . To our knowledge, a serum method for detection and antigen location of S. enteritidis has not been reported. Thus, to establish a rapid, sensitive and highly specific in paraffin slices and antigen location in infected duck tissues.
METHODS:Rabbits were immunized with purified bacillus to obtain S. enteritidis -specific antibody, which were then extracted by the caprylic-ammonium sulphate method, purified through High-Q columns. An indirect immuno-fluorescent staining method (IFA) was established to detect the S. enteritidis antigen in paraffin slices. S. enteritidis was detected in each organ tissue of ducklings experimentally infected with S. enteritidis .
RESULTS:The gland of Garder, heart, kidney, spleen, liver, brain, ileum, jejunum, bursa of Fabricius from S. enteritidis experimentally infected ducklings were positive or strongly positive, and the S. enteritidis antigen was mainly distributed in the infected cell cytoplasm.