A Comparative Examination of Swine Sera for Antibody To Aujeszky Virus with the Conventional and a Modified Virus-Serum Neutralization Test and a Modified Direct Complement Fixation Test
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- 1 June 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica
- Vol. 17 (2), 142-152
- https://doi.org/10.1186/bf03547923
Abstract
Sera of pigs from élite breeding herds, of boars and sows collected at slaughter-houses, and of pigs from herds known to be infected, were examined for antibody to Aujeszky virus. The conventional and a modified virus-neutralizing antibody (VNA) test and a modified direct complement fixation (CF) test were employed. In simultaneous titrations of positive sera the modified VNA test gave titers approx. 4 log2 units above the titers obtained by the conventional test. The conventional VNA test was found insufficiently sensitive. Unspecific neutralization in the modified VNA test was infrequent in serum dilution 1/2 and rare in dilution 1/4. The GF tests on sera of slaughter sows and animals from known infected herds showed a remarkable consistency with the VNA tests. Inconsistent results were obtained with but few sera. Abt. 5 % of the sera could not be examined because of complement fixation with control antigen.Keywords
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