title: Serological diagnosis of Aujeszky's disease: a comparison between reactions of blood samples from sows and their offspring.
abstract: Blood sera from sows and their piglets were compared for their suitability for the serological diagnosis of Aujeszky's disease. Within a few days after parturition, blood and colostrum samples were collected from a total of 104 sows from 8 different gI-vaccinated breeding herds. Three piglets of each litter were bled simultaneously with their mother and again 3 weeks later. All 416 sera reacted positively in the screening for vaccination-induced antibodies. Using the gI ELISA, the sera of 16 sows and their offspring reacted positively, while 86 sows and their piglets reacted negatively and 2 sows and their piglets showed reactions near the test-cutoff. By testing piglets from another 1,300 sows in 37 farms, the practicability of the proposed method was proved. Blood samples were taken at intervals of 4 to 6 weeks from piglets of all sows, which had farrowed in the meantime. Within a six to nine months period, the serological status of a breeding herd could be established.
authors: State Veterinary Institute, Arnsberg, Germany.
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Boesing
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Jungblut
authors: W
authors: W
authors: Hopp
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Nienhoff
authors: E
authors: E
authors: Scholl
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn / Q000276:immunology*; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D003126:Colostrum / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D017353:Gene Deletion; D011557:Pseudorabies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D022421:Pseudorabies Vaccines; D012698:Serologic Tests; D013552:Swine; D013553:Swine Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000276:immunology; D014765:Viral Vaccines / Q000008:administration & dosage
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D022421:Pseudorabies Vaccines; D014759:Viral Envelope Proteins; D014765:Viral Vaccines; C042966:pseudorabies virus glycoproteins