Antigenic composition of Pasteurella haemolytica serotype-1 supernatants from supplemented and nonsupplemented media.

Supernatant preparations containing antigens produced by Pasteurella haemolytica serotype 1 grown in nonsupplemented RPMI 1640 medium and 3 grown in supplemented RPMI 1640 media were evaluated. Antigens were detected by immunoblotting each supernatant preparation with sera from 20 cattle with various degrees of resistance to experimentally induced pneumonic pasteurellosis. Antigen-antibody bands at 49 and 30 kd were correlated with resistance in all 4 media. A 66-kd antigen-antibody band was correlated with resistance in 2 media, and antigen-antibody bands at 100 and 16 kd were correlated with resistance in 1 medium each. These results indicated that the number and relative amount of resistance-associated antigens in P haemolytica supernatants can be optimized on the basis of type of growth medium used.