TY - JOUR T1 - Polymerase Chain Reaction for Diagnosis of Aujeszky Disease in Mexico AU - Antonia Coba Ayala, Maria AU - Escatel, Guadalupe Socci AU - Zapata Salinas, Laura Elena AU - Carrera Salas, Maria Elvira AU - Castaneda, Enrique Chavez JO - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances VL - 11 IS - 22 SP - 4217 EP - 4220 PY - 2012 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1680-5593 DO - javaa.2012.4217.4220 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2012.4217.4220 KW - Pigs KW -Aujeszky`s disease KW -pseudorabies virus KW -PCR diagnosis KW -DNA KW -optimal condition AB - The objective of this study was to establish the optimal conditions for carrying out the PCR technique to detect the Aujeszky’s Disease (AD) virus in tissues. For this purpose, researchers used different rabbit and pig tissue inoculated with the Shope strain of the AD virus as well as uninoculated animal tissues. Cell culture of the same strain was used as positive control. A commercial kit was employed for DNA extraction. DNA amplification was performed with a pair of primers flanking a 334 bp fragment of the gB (gII) gene. It was possible to obtain the expected product in 14 of 16 samples of tissues from infected animals. These results were consistent with those obtained by virus isolation. The assay sensitivity showed that the PCR can amplify DNA up to 65 fg. The specificity of the test was confirmed by failure to observe any amplification product from the 16 samples neither from negative animals nor from bovine herpesvirus DNA. It is a molecular method that may be useful to complement the diagnosis of the disease in Mexico. ER -