Detection of canine distemper viral antigen in formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded tissue of a fitch (Mustela putorius), using an immunoperoxidase technique |
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| Authors: | M Hewicker S Damsch G Trautwein |
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| Institution: | Institut für Pathologie der Tier?rztlichen Hochschule Hannover, Abt. für Immunpathologie. |
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| Abstract: | The present study describes how a naturally infected fitch (Mustela putorius) caused an outbreak of canine distemper in a colony of insufficiently vaccinated dogs. The detection of canine distemper virus (CDV) on paraffin sections of different organs of the fitch and one of the dead dogs was achieved using a monoclonal antibody against the nucleocapsid protein (NP) of CDV and the avidin-biotin-peroxidase complex (ABC) technique. |
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