Serological procedures to determine time of infection of pigs with porcine parvovirus.

Abstract

It was found possible to correlate serological responses to porcine parvovirus (PPV) with the time after infection. Two procedures were used for PPV antibody measurement: an immunodiffusion technique to measure precipitating antibody and a haemagglutination inhibition (HI) procedure to measure concentration of 2-mercaptoethanol (2-ME) sensitive antibody. Both procedures successfully related antibody titres to time post-infection, but it was considered that a 2 M 2-ME HI procedure showed the greater promise for field investigations.

• Authors: H S Joo, R H Johnson, D L Watson
• Journal: Australian veterinary journal (Aust Vet J) Vol. 54 Issue 3 Pg. 125-7 (Mar 1978) ISSN: 0005-0423 [Print] England
• PMID: 687263 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Antibodies, Viral
• Mercaptoethanol

Topics

• Animals
• Antibodies, Viral (analysis)
• Female
• Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests
• Mercaptoethanol
• Parvoviridae (immunology)
• Swine
• Swine Diseases (immunology)
• Virus Diseases (immunology, veterinary)