Comparison of the Test Results of Antibody against Bluetongue Virus in Homologous Plasma and Serum by ELISA
In order to simplify the test and research method of bluetongue virus(BTV)in animal blood samples,30 pairs of bovine homologous plasma and serum samples collected from a beef cattle farm in Mang City,Dehong Prefecture,Yunnan Province were tested for antibodies against BTV and VP7 protein. The results showed that,for the detection of total antibodies of BTV,the consistency rate of the positive/negative results of homologous plasma and serum was 100%,and samples with ΔPI less than ±5% accounted for 87%;as tested by VP7 Ab ELISA kit,the consistency rate of the positive/negative results of homologous plasma and serum was 93%,and samples with ΔOD less than ±5% accounted for 87%. Therefore,serum samples might be replaced by plasma samples when the antibody against BTV in animal blood was tested by ELISA,and the test results could not be affected by the hemolysis level of plasma samples rather than the insoluble impurities in crude plasma which should be removed by centrifugation before being used.