title: Serological characterisation of Australian isolates of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae.
abstract: Using hyperimmune rabbit antiserums to 8 reference serovar strains, a total of 51 Australian isolates of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae were serotyped by either a rapid slide agglutination test or a gel diffusion test. The results were: serovar 1-24 isolates; serovar 2-6 isolates; serovar 3-5 isolates; serovar 7-15 isolates; nontypable-1 isolate. The rapid slide agglutination test was suitable for screening field isolates, as 73% of those tested reacted with only 1 of the 8 antiserums and were assigned to a particular serovar of the basis of this test alone.
authors.affiliation: Queensland Department of Primary Industries, Yeerongpilly.
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Eaves
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Blackall
mesh_terms: D000188:Actinobacillus / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000372:Agglutination Tests / Q000662:veterinary; D000818:Animals; D003429:Cross Reactions; D005779:Immunodiffusion / Q000662:veterinary; D012703:Serotyping / Q000662:veterinary; D013552:Swine / Q000382:microbiology*