Short Communication The Use of Oesophageal - Pharyngeal Samples in the Diagnosis of Food and Mouth Disease

Authors

H.A. Westbury
W.J. Doughty
Pornchai Chamnanpood
Suchinta Tangchaitrong
A.J. Forman

Abstract

We examined the use of oesphageal-pharyngeal (0/P) samples for the isolation of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) virus in animals from which it was difficult to obtain a conventional epithelial tissue specimen. The virus was detected in 42 (28%) of 150 samples, and only 5 (12%) of the 42 cases had positive results when the samples were tested directly with ELISA. The preferred technique for examination of 0/P samples was thus by culturing representative cell samples. The 150 samples came from 22 cases of the disease, with the virus being detected in 16 cases. In 4 of these 16 cases the virus was only detected in 0/P samples. The result indicates that the rate of isolation of the virus will increase if 0/P sampling is regularly used in FMD virus monitoring.

DOI

10.56808/2985-1130.1513

First Page

347

Last Page

352

Recommended Citation

Westbury, H.A.; Doughty, W.J.; Chamnanpood, Pornchai; Tangchaitrong, Suchinta; and Forman, A.J. (1988) "Short Communication The Use of Oesophageal - Pharyngeal Samples in the Diagnosis of Food and Mouth Disease," The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine: Vol. 18: Iss. 4, Article 7.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.56808/2985-1130.1513
Available at: https://digital.car.chula.ac.th/tjvm/vol18/iss4/7