SEROLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF ACTINOBACILLUS-PLEUROPNEUMONIAE BIOTYPE-2 STRAINS ISOLATED FROM PIGS IN 2 DANISH HERDS

Authors
NIELSEN R ANDRESEN LO PLAMBECK T NIELSEN JP KRARUP LT JORSAL SE
Citation
R. Nielsen et al., SEROLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF ACTINOBACILLUS-PLEUROPNEUMONIAE BIOTYPE-2 STRAINS ISOLATED FROM PIGS IN 2 DANISH HERDS, Veterinary microbiology, 54(1), 1997, pp. 35-46
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Veterinary microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
03781135
Volume
54
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
35 - 46
Database
ISI
SICI code
0378-1135(1997)54:1<35:SCOAB>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Eight Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae biotype 2 strains were isolated in pure culture from lungs of pigs originating from two Danish herds w ith growing and finishing pigs. The antigenic properties were studied by indirect haemagglutination (IHA) and immunodiffusion (ID) tests usi ng soluble surface antigens and by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) using capsular enriched fractions and LPS. In all tests the st rains proved antigenically homogeneous and serologically distinct from the known biotype 1 and 2 serotypes. Thus, the strains represent a ne w serotype which is provisionally proposed as biotype 2 serotype 14.