DIFFERENTIATION OF PESTE-DES-PETITS-RUMINANTS AND RINDERPEST VIRUSES BY NEUTRALIZATION INDEXES USING HYPERIMMUNE RINDERPEST ANTISERUM

Authors
CHANDRAN NDJ KUMANAN K VENKATESAN RA
Citation
Ndj. Chandran et al., DIFFERENTIATION OF PESTE-DES-PETITS-RUMINANTS AND RINDERPEST VIRUSES BY NEUTRALIZATION INDEXES USING HYPERIMMUNE RINDERPEST ANTISERUM, Tropical Animal Health and Production, 27(2), 1995, pp. 89-92
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Tropical Animal Health and Production → ACNP
ISSN journal
00494747
Volume
27
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
89 - 92
Database
ISI
SICI code
0049-4747(1995)27:2<89:DOPARV>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
Six field isolates believed to be rinderpest viruses and 2 known strai ns of peste des petits ruminants (PPR) viruses were titrated in the pr esence of normal rabbit serum and with hyperimmune rinderpest antiseru m prepared in rabbits. The known PPR viruses had indices less than 10 whereas 4 of the suspect field isolates had indices greater than a hun dred. Two suspect field isolates had indices less than 20; both were c ollected from small ruminant wild life and are probably PPR viruses.