The skin, tongue, and brain as favorable organs for hog cholera diagnosis by immunofluorescence.
Hog cholera virus antigens were found densely distributed in skin and tongue of pigs experimentally infected with hog cholera virus. The finding described here warrants the usage of ear biopsies for hog cholera diagnosis on a herd basis.
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D000818:Animals; D000956:Antigens, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D001921:Brain / Q000382:microbiology*; D006691:Classical Swine Fever / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006692:Classical Swine Fever Virus / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004431:Ear, External / Q000382:microbiology; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique / Q000662:veterinary; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology*; D013552:Swine; D013848:Thigh / Q000382:microbiology; D014059:Tongue / Q000382:microbiology*
D000956:Antigens, Viral