[Use of the plaque method for isolating Aujeszky's disease virus from meat, organs and meat products].

Comparative virologic studies were carried out to isolate the virus of Aujesky's disease from meat, viscera, and raw smoked products by the plaque method as modified by Sullivan and Read as well as by the method with which the presence of the virus is recorded visually by the cytopathic effect observed in the infected cell monolayer. It was found that at the veterinary and sanitary inspection of meat and meat products produced from diseases or survived animals the modified plaque method proved more suitable as against the other method. The former made it possible to determine directly and at low titers the virus of Aujeszky's disease for the needs of research and practical activities associated with rendering the meat harmless as coming from diseased pigs.