Susceptibility of Pig Kidney Tissue Cultures to Certain Viruses

Abstract
Coxsackie group B viruses, 1 to 5 inclusive, induced cytopathic changes in both pig kidney and monkey kidney tissue cultures. ECHO virus types 1 to 9; 11; 14 to 19 caused cytopathic effects in monkey kidney tissue cultures only. It is suggested that pig kidney cultures be used in the diagnostic differentiation between these 2 virus groups. Pig kidney cultures were susceptible to virus B, ECHO type 10 and the adenovirus group but not susceptible to poliomyelitis virus, Types I, II and III and Coxsackie group A, 1 to 19.