Table 1. Antibodies used for detecting viral and protozoal antigens.

Infectious agent	Clone	Specificity	Supplier/Reference	Clonality and source	Dilution
Canine distemper virus	anti-canine distemper nucleoprotein antibody (#25)	Nucleoprotein	Prof. Örvell a/Baumgärtner [49]	Polyclonal rabbit	1:2000
Influenza A	HB65	Nucleoprotein	European Veterinary Laboratory b/van Baalen [50]	Monoclonal mouse	1:200
Parvovirus	CPV1-2A1	Unknown	Custom Monoclonal Antibodies International c/Kipar [51]	Monoclonal mouse	1:200
Feline leukaemia virus	C11D8	Glycoprotein 70	Custom Monoclonal Antibodies International d/Elder [52]	Monoclonal mouse	1:200
Borna disease virus	Bo18	Nucleoprotein	Dr. Herzog d	Monoclonal mouse	1:500
Tick-borne encephalitis	K-D-3.BA	Not stated	Prof. Holzmannf/Weissenböck [53]	Polyclonal rabbit	1:300
Toxoplasma gondii		Not stated	Quartett g/Klein [54], Brack [55]	Polyclonal rabbit	1:75
Neospora caninum		Not stated	Dr. Schares h	Monoclonal mouse	1:2
Canine adenovirus 1		The whole CAV1 tribe “Mirandola”	Chemicon i	Monoclonal mouse	1:250
Listeria monocytogenes 1,4		The whole organism	Difco Laboratories j	Polyclonal rabbit	1:2000

CPV, canine parvo virus; Bo, Borna disease;

^a Central Microbiological Laboratory of Stockholm county, Stockholm Council, Sweden;

^b Woerden, the Netherlands;

^C Sacramento, California, USA

^dInstitute of Virology, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany;

^e Vienna, Austria;

^f Berlin, Germany;

^g Munich, Germany;

^h Institute of Epidemiology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut, Federal Research Institute for Animal Health, Greifswald—Insel Riems, Germany;

ⁱ Hamburg, Germany;

^j Detroit, USA