The standardization of inactivated equine influenza vaccines by single-radial immunodiffusion

Single-radial-immunodiffusion (SRD) assays were used for measuring the haemagglutinin (HA) antigen content of equine influenza vaccines containing the virus strains A/equine/Prague/56 (H7N7) and A/equine/Miami/63 (H3N8). Three bivalent aqueous vaccines and one bivalent adjuvanted vaccine were standardized by SRD to contain graded amounts of HA antigen activity. The SRD reaction was influenza subtype specific and was not influenced by the presence of adjuvant in vaccine.