Mallein test

Mallein test

The mallein test is a sensitive and specific clinical test for glanders, a disease of equids (horses, donkeys, mules).

Mallein, a protein fraction of the glanders organism ("Burkholderia mallei"), is injected intradermo-palpebrally or given by eye-drop. In infected animals, the eyelid swells markedly in 1 or 2 days.


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • mallein test — mallein test, a test for glanders in which mallein is injected into the animal s eye. If the animal is diseased, inflammation of the eye covering occurs …   Useful english dictionary

  • mallein test — a skin test analogous to the tuberculin test, using mallein to test whether an animal has been exposed to glanders …   Medical dictionary

  • Mallein — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 A24 Rotz [Malleus] und Melioidose [Pseudorotz] A24.0 Rotz, Infektion durch Burkholderia mallei, Malleus …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • mallein — mal·le·in mal ē ən n a product containing toxic principles of the bacillus of glanders and used to test for the presence of infection with that organism * * * mal·le·in (malґe in) [L. malleus glanders] a concentrate prepared from cultures or… …   Medical dictionary

  • mallein — ˈmalēə̇n noun ( s) Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary malle (from New Latin mallei specific epithet of the glanders producing bacterium Actinobacillus mallei , gen. of malleus glanders) + in …   Useful english dictionary

  • Rotz (Krankheit) — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 A24 Rotz [Malleus] und Melioidose [Pseudorotz] A24.0 Rotz, Infektion durch Burkholderia mallei, Malleus …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Glanders — Classification and external resources ICD 10 A24.0 ICD 9 024 …   Wikipedia

  • Burkholderia mallei — Scientific classification Kingdom: Bacteria Phylum: Pro …   Wikipedia

  • Epizootic lymphangitis — is a contagious lymphangitis disease of horses and mules caused by caused by the fungus Histoplasma farciminosum . [OIE Manual of Diagnostic Tests and Vaccines for Terrestrial Animals 2004 Chapter 2.5.13, [http://www.oie.int/eng/normes/mmanual/A… …   Wikipedia

  • mal|le|in — «MAL ee uhn», noun. a product of the glanders bacillus, used in the mallein test. ╂[< New Latin malleus glanders (< Latin malleus hammer] …   Useful english dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”