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Table 2 Characteristics of the panels of sera employed in the study

From: Evaluation of six serological ELISA kits available in Italy as screening tests for equine infectious anaemia surveillance

Panel #

Characteristics

1: Sera positive for non-equine retroviruses

20 sera for feline immunodeficiency virus

20 for feline leukemia virus

20 for enzootic bovine leukosis virus

20 for maedi visna virus

2: Sera positive for other equine viruses

20 sera positive for equine influenza

20 sera positive for equine viral arteritis

20 positive for equine herpes virus −1

20 sera positive for equine herpes virus −4

3: Sera of 21 horses experimentally infectedb,c

84 sera sampled at 0, 14, 21, 28 days post infection (dpi)

4: Interlaboratory test panela

30 sera: 22 positive and 8 negative

  1. aAvailable at the EIA National Reference Centre and at the National Reference Centre for Equine Diseases as secondary reference sera
  2. bProvided by Gluck Equine Research Center University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky
  3. cInfected with EIA attenuated virus EIAVD9 EIAVTrivalent, EIAVConsensus (further information is provided in the text)