Quality management in the serodiagnosis of European swine fever: results of comparative tests

In the course of inter-laboratory quality management comparative serological tests on classical swine fever (CSF) are conducted once per year. Results from tests carried out in 1994 and 1995 indicate that most regional diagnostic laboratories were able to classify the test sera correctly as CSF-posi...

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Published inDTW. Deutsche tierarztliche Wochenschrift Vol. 104; no. 3; p. 87
Main Authors Müller, T, Burow, J, Conraths, F J, Kaden, V, Lange, E, Ahl, R
Format Journal Article
LanguageGerman
Published Germany 01.03.1997
Subjects
Animals
Bovine Virus Diarrhea-Mucosal Disease - blood
Bovine Virus Diarrhea-Mucosal Disease - diagnosis
Bovine Virus Diarrhea-Mucosal Disease - immunology
Cattle
Classical Swine Fever - blood
Classical Swine Fever - diagnosis
Classical Swine Fever - immunology
Classical swine fever virus - isolation & purification
Diagnosis, Differential
Germany
Laboratories - standards
Neutralization Tests
Pestivirus - isolation & purification
Quality Assurance, Health Care
Reproducibility of Results
Serologic Tests
Swine
Germany
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Summary:In the course of inter-laboratory quality management comparative serological tests on classical swine fever (CSF) are conducted once per year. Results from tests carried out in 1994 and 1995 indicate that most regional diagnostic laboratories were able to classify the test sera correctly as CSF-positive, bovine viral diarrhea (BVD)-positive and negative, respectively. Difficulties were encountered in the differential diagnosis of CSF and BVD in neutralisation tests. There is a need to improve the standardization of CSF serology on the basis of a well established method in order to ensure reliability of test results and to enable comparison of results obtained from different laboratories.
ISSN:0341-6593