| Reportno. |
AHRI report No.17
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| Topic |
AN IMMUNODIFFUSION TEST FOR DETECTION OF HOG CHOLERA VIRUS ANTIBODIES IN SWINE SERUM
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| Department |
Taiwan Provincial Research Institute for Animal Health, Tansui. Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China.
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| Author |
S. S. LAI, C. S. CHEN, W. C. Ho and T. H. HUANG
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| Summary |
An lmmunodilfusion test (IDT) was developed for detecting bog cholera virus (HCV) antibodies in swine serum. The. antigen used in the IDT w s prepared from the LPC-Chinese strain HC vaccine yh-us infected rabbit spleens. Results of the IDT were obtained within 24 hours and well cor-related with the END method for antibody titration, capable for detection of HCV antibodies as low as an END titer of 1: 2.
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