title: An evaluation of four serological tests for the detection of antibodies to bovine parainfluenza virus type 3.
abstract: Haemagglutination-inhibition (HI), virus neutralization (VN), haemolysis-inhibition (HLI-1, HLI-2) tests, and two new haemofusion-inhibition (HFI-1, HFI-2) tests, developed by us, were tested for the detection of antibodies to bovine parainfluenza virus type 3 (BPIV-3) in sera of 45 steers randomly selected from a herd naturally infected by BPIV-3. Twelve seronegative animals were then vaccinated with formalin-inactivated vaccine and 15 days later tested by the above-mentioned assays. Linear regression analysis revealed positive correlations between HI, VN, HLI-1 and HFI-1 antibody titres, which confirm the specificity of the HFI-1 test. The HLI-1 and HFI-1 assays proved to be less sensitive than the HI and VN ones, while HLI-2 and HFI-2 tests failed to detect any antibody to BPIV-3.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Trybała
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wiśniewski
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Larski
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D002417:Cattle; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000276:immunology*; D006385:Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests; D006462:Hemolytic Plaque Technique; D008297:Male; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D010224:Parainfluenza Virus 3, Human / Q000276:immunology*; D018184:Paramyxoviridae Infections / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary*; D018108:Respirovirus / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral