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  • Title: In vitro propagation of Theileria annulata infected schizonts in different media supplemented with heterologous sera.
    Author: Nichani AK, Sharma RD, Sarup S.
    Journal: Indian J Exp Biol; 1997 Nov; 35(11):1175-81. PubMed ID: 9567745.
    Abstract:
    Efficacy of medium RPMI-1640 (supplied by Gibco USA, Centron and Hi-media) supplemented with horse, donkey, sheep and goat sera was evaluated for in vitro propagation of Theileria annulata (Hisar) infected bovine mononuclear cells. The results were compared with the growth rate in RPMI-1640 supplemented with foetal bovine serum (Gibco). RPMI-1640 (Gibco) proved to be the best medium for in vitro cultivation of the parasite infected cells. Foetal bovine serum could be easily, safely and reliably substituted with goat and sheep sera in the growth medium. Horse and donkey sera also gave comparable growth of T. annulata infected cells in vitro. Successful use of heterologous sera greatly helped in reducing the cost of in vitro cultivation of T. annulata schizonts. These findings have important implications on mass production of an attenuated cell culture vaccine for the control of bovine tropical theileriosis.
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