Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Development of latex agglutination test for rapid detection of antibodies against Bovine herpesvirus 1 and Bovine herpesvirus 5 in cattle.
- Journal:
- Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc
- Year:
- 2012
- Authors:
- Fan, Qiang et al.
- Affiliation:
- College of Veterinary Medicine · China
Abstract
A latex agglutination test (LAT) based on sensitized polystyrene beads with inactivated Bovine herpesvirus 1 (BHV-1) particles was developed to detect serum antibodies against BHV-1 and Bovine herpesvirus 5 (BHV-5). Compared with a virus neutralization test using 252 serum samples, the sensitivity and specificity were 94.7% and 97.5%, respectively. Finally, 512 clinical serum samples from 3 major cattle-breeding provinces were monitored, and the overall positive rate was 34.57% (95% confidence interval: 30.45-38.69%). The results suggest that LAT has the potential to be a rapid method for the diagnosis of BHV-1 and BHV-5 infection in cattle herds.
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