Effect of dexamethasone on the multiplication of attenuated strains of hog cholera virus in pigs

The spread and multiplication of three attenuated strains of hog cholera (HC) virus was investigated in pigs immunosuppressed with a synthetic corticosteroid (dexamethasone). The distribution and degree of multiplication of the ROVAC lapinized strain of HC virus was enhanced in immunosuppressed pigs in comparison to results in untreated pigs, whilst no differences were noted for the Chinese lapinized strain of HC virus, and only slight variations using the tissue culture attenuated GPE strain.The suggestion is made that the results indicate a higher degree of attenuation in the Chinese and GPE strains of HC virus in comparison with the ROVAC strain.     

Antigenic differentiation of pestivirus strains with monoclonal antibodies against hog cholera virus

Thirty-one bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVDV) or border disease virus (BDV) strains and 94 hog cholera virus (HCV) strains were grown in cell culture, and characterized by immunostaining with 13 monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) and one polyclonal serum (PAb) against HCV. All 125 strains were recognized by the PAb. None of the BVDV or BDV strains were detected by the 13 MAbs. Seven MAbs detected all 94 HCV strains. Six other MAbs detected heterogeneity among and within HCV strains. The MAbs are useful tools in differentiating between HCV and BVDV infections in pigs, and can also be used to differentiate infections induced by HCV field strains from infections induced by the "Chinese" strain of vaccine virus.     

Dot─ELISA检测规模化猪场猪瘟抗体水平

应用斑点酶联免疫吸附试验（Dot-ELISA)对四川某规模化猪场的43份免疫母猪的血清进行猪瘟病毒抗体水平检测。试验结果：按抗体水平1：80及其以上计为阳性,则阳性血清占30头份,阳性率为69.8%,其中,1：80占14头份（32.6%),1：160占10头份（23.2%),1：320占6头份（14%）;抗体水平在1：40以下占4头份（9.3%）,1：40占9头份（20.9%)。研究表明,Dot-Elisa是一种操作简便,准确,快速的检测方法,特别适应规模化猪场猪瘟抗体水平的监测。     

Transmission of hog hog cholera virus by mosquitoes.

Mosquitoes trapped during an epizootic of hog cholera (HC) in Maryland in 1969 were prepared into 40 pools which were inoculated in pigs. Hog cholera virus was confirmed in pigs inoculated with 8 of 40 pools of mosquitoes. Generally, the pigs contracting HC developed chronic infections with persistent viremia that lasted 30 or more days. Two pigs seemed healthy when euthatized 62 and 80 days after inoculation, yet viremia of high titer was detected in each. Experimental studies were performed with 2 laboratory strains of mosquitoes, Aedes aegypti and Culex tarsalis, to determine if biological and mechanical transmission occur. Biological transmission was not confirmed, but HC virus was retained in A aegypti for 3 days. Mechanical transmission was confirmed with A aegypti in 2 of 9 experiments.     

猪瘟病毒与猪附红细胞体混合感染的诊治

2005年7月,梧州市长州区倒水镇某村猪群暴发以高热、皮肤发红,腹下及四肢下部出现出血斑点为主要症状的疾病.根据临床症状、剖检变化及实验室检验等综合诊断,确诊为猪瘟与猪附红细胞体病混合感染,现报告如下:     

Differentiation of hog cholera and bovine virus diarrhoea viruses in pigs using monoclonal antibodies

Monoclonal antibodies against hog cholera and bovine viral diarrhoea viruses were assayed on organ tissue sections of experimentally infected animals. The animals had been infected simultaneously with both viruses. The antibodies were tested using an indirect immunofluorescence test and an indirect enzyme immunoassay with a biotin/streptavidin/peroxidase detection system. A polyclonal hyperimmune serum was used as a control in direct immunofluorescence tests. Both techniques based on monoclonal antibodies were more sensitive and more specific than the conventional test, the enzyme immunoassay being more sensitive than the immunofluorescence test. Small amounts of BVD viral antigen were demonstrable with monoclonal antibodies in most organ tissues.