Six neutralizing monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) were used to isolate MAb neut
ralization-resistant (MAR) mutants from a recent European strain of swine v
esicular disease virus (SVDV), ITL/9/93. Sequencing of MAR mutants identifi
ed two epitopes located at positions analogous to sites 2A (VP2) and 3B (VP
3) on poliovirus (PV) which have been previously identified on a Japanese s
train of SVDV. A third epitope near to the C terminus of VP1, not previousl
y recognized on SVDV, was tentatively identified in a region analogous to s
ite 1 of PV. A fourth epitope, located in the C-terminal region of VP3, has
never before been recognized as a site of neutralization on picornaviruses
. All four epitopes were predicted to be surface-exposed.