Monoclonal antibodies applied in an immunoperoxidase method for detection of parvovirus in specimens of small intestine from dog and mink.

Virus isolation and the haemagglutination test are traditionally used for detection of parvovirus in faeces and intestinal contents ( 1983). In 1980 demonstrated parvovirus-like particles in faeces of dogs by means of negative contrast electron microscopy. Lately, ELISA tests have been developed for the detection of canine parvovirus ( 1984, 1984, in manuscript). Further, the presence of parvovirus in histological specimens, fixed either in formalin-sublimate ( 1986) or in 10% buffered formalin ( 1981), has been demonstrated using polyclonal antibodies and the immunoperoxidase technique.