Cultivation of foot and mouth disease virus in bovine leukocyte cultures for use in the complement fixation test.
Bovine leukocyte cultures achieved good growth after 72 hours of cultivation. Foot-and mouth disease (FMD) virus type 0 multiplied in such cultures to a titre of 10(6) TCID50/0.1 ml. The cell culture-grown virus was found to be suitable for the complement fixation test (CFT) after purification and concentration with calcium phosphate.
Cultivation of foot and mouth disease virus in bovine leukocyte cultures for use in the complement fixation test. Bovine leukocyte cultures achieved good growth after 72 hours of cultivation. Foot-and mouth disease (FMD) virus type 0 multiplied in such cultures to a titre of 10(6) TCID50/0.1 ml. The cell culture-grown virus was found to be suitable for the complement fixation test (CFT) after purification and concentration with calcium phosphate.