African Journal of Agricultural Research Vol. 2(5), pp. 203-207, May, 2007

ISSN 1991- 637X­© 2007 Academic Journals

Full Length Research Paper

Development of the scheme to prepare specimens for sheep pox virus indication in objects of environment

Matveyeva V.M., Mamadaliyev S.M*, Koshemetov Z. K., Russanova A.M. and Troitskiy Y. N.

Research Institute for Biological Safety Problems, Gvardeiskiy, Republic of Kazakhstan.

Corresponding author. E-mail: yeachebotar@mail.ru

Accepted 26 February, 2007

While isolating sheep pox virus from samples of air, water, hay and grain experimentally infected with this agent various filters and eluting media were tested. Possible usage of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for specific indication of the sheep pox virus in various objects of veterinary supervision was investigated.

Key words:  Specific indication, objects of veterinary supervision, concentration, elution, virus, antigen, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay