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Identification of the virus of rabbit haemorrhagic disease in Tunisia
A Bouslama1, G M De Mia, S Hammami
1Institut de la Recherche Vétérinaire de Tunisie, Tunisia.
The Veterinary Record
|February 3, 1996
Abstract:
During 1992 and 1993, outbreaks of an acute, highly fatal disease mainly affecting adult rabbits were observed in Tunisia. The clinical and pathological findings were consistent with rabbit haemorrhagic disease. A monoclonal antibody designated PG4G3 specific for surface determinants of the rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus was used to identify the aetiological agent by ELISA and by colloidal gold immunoelectron microscopy; a haemagglutination test and conventional immunoelectron microscopy were also used. The results confirmed the first recorded cases of the disease in Tunisia.