title: Slide precipitation: a simple method to type Actinobacillus (Haemophilus) pleuropneumoniae.
abstract: Soluble thermostable antigens prepared from Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, as commonly applied in the ring precipitation test, were used in rapid slide tests. This method was easier to perform than the ring precipitation test and showed the same specificity. This specificity was higher than that obtained in slide agglutination tests using whole bacterial cells.
authors.affiliation: Regional Veterinary Investigation Centre, Torhout, Belgium.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hommez
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Devriese
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Castryck
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cassimon
mesh_terms: D000188:Actinobacillus / Q000145:classification*; D000372:Agglutination Tests; D000818:Animals; D003429:Cross Reactions; D006190:Haemophilus / Q000145:classification*; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D012703:Serotyping; D013552:Swine