Laboratory decision-making during the classical swine fever epidemic of 1997–1998 in The Netherlands

• Published in: Preventive veterinary medicine Vol. 42; no. 3; pp. 185 - 199
• Main Authors: de Smit, A.J., Eblé, P.L., de Kluijver, E.P., Bloemraad, M., Bouma, A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 01.12.1999
• Subjects: Animals; antibodies; assays; blood; Border Disease - diagnosis; Border disease virus; Bovine viral diarrhea virus; Bovine Virus Diarrhea-Mucosal Disease - diagnosis; Cattle; Classical Swine Fever - diagnosis; Classical Swine Fever - immunology; Classical swine fever virus; Classical swine fever virus - immunology; Classical swine fever virus - isolation & purification; Decision Making; detection; Diagnosis, Differential; diagnostic techniques; disease diagnosis; disease outbreaks; Disease Outbreaks - veterinary; disease prevalence; disease prevention; enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay - veterinary; fluorescent antibody technique; Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Direct - veterinary; Laboratory diagnosis; Netherlands; neutralization tests; outbreaks; peroxidase; Samples; serodiagnosis; serological surveys; Swine; swine fever; symptoms; tonsils; Netherlands; Laboratory diagnosis; Samples; Classical swine fever virus

The National Reference Laboratory for classical swine fever (CSF) virus in the Netherlands examined more than two million samples for CSF virus or serum antibody during the CSF epizootic of 1997–1998. The immense amount of samples and the prevalence of border disease (BD) virus and bovine viral diar...