{"title":"Antibodies against 12 serotypes of Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae in finnish slaughter sows.","authors":"K Levonen, J Seppänen, P Veijalainen","doi":"10.1111/j.1439-0450.1996.tb00345.x","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>To determine the prevalence of A. pleuropneumoniae serotypes in Finnish pig populations, 692 blood samples of sows were randomly collected from Finnish slaughterhouses. These were assayed with a direct ELISA for 12 Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serotypes. The specificity of the ELISA was tested using rabbit antisera against these serotypes. Cross-reactions were detected between serotypes 6 and 8 and between serotypes 1, 9 and 11, and serotype 5 antiserum reacted with serotype 6 antigen, but the other serotypes did not cross-react. When assaying the blood samples serotype 3 and 2 antibodies were found in 51% and 26% of samples, respectively. Other serotypes were found only in smaller numbers. Most of the samples, 61%, had antibodies towards some serotype of A. pleuropneumoniae. Antibodies towards serotypes 2 and 3 were found in pigs throughout Finland.</p>","PeriodicalId":23829,"journal":{"name":"Zentralblatt fur Veterinarmedizin. Reihe B. Journal of veterinary medicine. Series B","volume":"43 8","pages":"489-95"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1996-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1111/j.1439-0450.1996.tb00345.x","citationCount":"11","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Zentralblatt fur Veterinarmedizin. Reihe B. Journal of veterinary medicine. Series B","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0450.1996.tb00345.x","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
To determine the prevalence of A. pleuropneumoniae serotypes in Finnish pig populations, 692 blood samples of sows were randomly collected from Finnish slaughterhouses. These were assayed with a direct ELISA for 12 Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae serotypes. The specificity of the ELISA was tested using rabbit antisera against these serotypes. Cross-reactions were detected between serotypes 6 and 8 and between serotypes 1, 9 and 11, and serotype 5 antiserum reacted with serotype 6 antigen, but the other serotypes did not cross-react. When assaying the blood samples serotype 3 and 2 antibodies were found in 51% and 26% of samples, respectively. Other serotypes were found only in smaller numbers. Most of the samples, 61%, had antibodies towards some serotype of A. pleuropneumoniae. Antibodies towards serotypes 2 and 3 were found in pigs throughout Finland.