Evaluation of a diagnostic antigen for the detection of Aujeszky's disease virus-infected subunit-vaccinated pigs.
An early virus protein complex that is found in the maintenance medium of Aujeszky's disease (AD) virus-infected cells was evaluated as a subunit diagnostic antigen (SUDA) in the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). This antigen was found in purer form and in larger quantities for up to 12 h post-infection in the maintenance medium of AD virus-infected MDBK cell cultures than in the maintenance medium of virus-infected porcine Fallopian tube (PFT) and PK1a cell cultures. The SUDA was shown to be compatible with a lectin-derived subunit vaccine by the absence of positive ELISA reactions for antibody to this antigen in 25 AD virus-free subunit-vaccinated pigs. Following virus challenge, all fo 24 surviving vaccinated pigs seroconverted to SUDA within 10 days. Compatibility with the vaccine was further demonstrated by the absence of positive ELISA reactions for antibody to SUDA in 12 pigs that received five or six consecutive vaccine doses at 3-wk intervals. The sensitivity of the ELISA with SUDA was demonstrated by the detection of antibody in virus-infected vaccinated and non-vaccinated pigs for at least 15 and 22 weeks, respectively, following exposure to virus. The SUDA was also economical: it was calculated that 8000-14 000 tests could be run with the antigen present in the maintenance medium of one 850 cm2 plastic tissue culture roller bottle of virus-infected MDBK cells.
D000818:Animals; D000917:Antibody Formation; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D002417:Cattle; D002460:Cell Line; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D011558:Herpesvirus 1, Suid / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007115:Immunization Schedule; D007123:Immunoelectrophoresis, Two-Dimensional; D007668:Kidney; D046911:Macromolecular Substances; D011557:Pseudorabies / Q000276:immunology*; D013552:Swine; D014611:Vaccination
D000956:Antigens, Viral; D046911:Macromolecular Substances