Pj. Blackall et al., CHARACTERIZATION OF 2 MONOCLONAL-ANTIBODIES DIRECTED AGAINST SEROVAR-A HAEMOPHILUS-PARAGALLINARUM, Avian diseases, 38(2), 1994, pp. 361-365
Two monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) raised against a serovar A Haemophilu
s paragallinarum were evaluated for their ability to react with 11 ref
erence strains that represented all the recognized serovars and with 2
7 field isolates of Page serovar A collected from around the world. Th
e MAbs were used in a hemagglutination-inhibition assay. Both MAbs rec
ognized type strains of Page serovar A and Kume serovars A-1 and A-2 b
ut not the type strains of Kume serovars A-3 and A-4. Neither MAb reco
gnized the type strains of Page serovars B and C or Kume serovars B-1,
C-1, C-2, C-3, or C-4. When evaluated with the 27 Page serovar A fiel
d isolates, both MAbs recognized only 10 isolates. All of the recogniz
ed isolates belonged to Kume serovars A-1 (nine isolates) or A-2 (one
isolate). All of the field isolates that were not recognized by one or
the other of the MAbs either were Kume serovar A-4 (seven isolates) o
r could not be placed in an existing Kume A serovar (10 isolates). The
results indicate that the epitope recognized by these MAbs is present
only in strains of H. paragallinarum that belong to Kume serovars A-1
and A-2.