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. 1974 Jan;27(1):114–117. doi: 10.1128/am.27.1.114-117.1974

Antibody to Viruses Affecting Cattle in Commercial Tissue Culture Grade Fetal Calf Serum1

C R Rossi a, G K Kiesel a
PMCID: PMC379977  PMID: 4358857

Abstract

Commercial fetal calf serum (FCS) for tissue culture use was tested for neutralizing activity against several viruses which affect cattle. Certain lots of FCS contained no neutralizing activity, whereas other lots contained neutralizing activity to several viruses. It was concluded that the neutralizing activity found in certain lots of sera was due to specific antibody and that its presence could be most easily explained by the contamination of the FCS with serum from postcolostral bovine serum. A nonantibody inhibitor to vesicular stomatitis virus was also found at low levels in most lots of serum. Because those sera which had antibody had antibody to several viruses, it was suggested that the use of the micro-serum neutralization test with a few bovine viruses which are widespread in the bovine population should be satisfactory to detect FCS which was contaminated with postcolostral bovine serum.

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