Immunoassay for detection of coproantigen in dogs and cats.

infections in dogs and cats are underestimated because of a lack of proglottid observations and poor recovery of parasite elements by centrifugal flotation. We developed an immunoassay that employs a pair of monoclonal antibodies to capture specific coproantigen in fecal extracts from dogs and cats. Real-time PCR for DNA in perianal swabs and observation of proglottids were used as reference methods.