AN ANTIGEN FOR DIAGNOSIS AND HYPOSENSITISATION OF FLEA ALLERGY DERMATITIS IN ANIMALS

摘要

The invention provides an antigen preparation from fleas of the genus Ctenocephalides characterised as having a high performance size exclusion chromatography profile as shown in Figure 1 anda denaturing polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis profile as shown in Figure 5. The invention also provides a method of preparing the antigen preparation. The antigen preparation finds use in a method for testing for flea allergy in animals, particularly for the diagnosis of flea allergy dermatitis in dogs and cats. The antigen preparation may also be used for hyposensitising allergic animals.