1. Serosurveillance in spite of vaccination WP 4.3. DIVA DIAGNOSTICS
Deliverables to come:
CSFV ringtrial on ELISA kits for differentiating infected from vaccinated animals
Selection of methods for confirmatory FMDV tests for infected animals (S.Parida)
Genetic DIVA tests. Distinguish wt virus from vaccine virus in tissues (F. Widén)
BTV-8 feasibility test for NSP diagnostics (S.Zientara)
Exchange of sera from animal experiments (T.Stadejek)
National support for projects on DIVA diagnostics and vaccines (several partners)
Some of the presentations:
AIV ring trial on commercial kits (W. Dundon, 2008)
Confirmatory tests for FMDV DIVA serology (E. Brocchi, 2008)
DIVA diagnostics chimeric pestivirus vaccines (T.B. Rasmussen, 2008)
IgA test for FMDV-NSP detection in cattle saliva (J. Biswal, 2008)
CSFV antibody ringtrial (S. Kühne, 2009)
Commercial kits for CSF chimeric vaccines (T. Rasmussen, 2009)
Furthermore:
Collaboration with WP 5.1 on ASFV Strategic Integration project ”Testing of different prime boost strategies to deliver candidate protective ASFV antigens”
Several short term missions
Increased collaboration with Asia
VACCINATE TO LIVE !
Contact persons in WP 4.3 in JPA3/JPA4 P1, CIDC, NL; Willie Loeffen P3, FLI, DE; Bernd Haas, Patricia Koenig P4, IAH, UK; Satya Parida, Linda Dixon P5, VLA, UK; Helen Everet P6, AFSSA, ES; Stephan Zientara P7, Vet-DTU, DK; Åse Uttenthal, T.B. Rasmussen P8, SVA, SE; Frederik Widén P9, CIRAD, FR; Emmanuel Albina P10, CISA-INIA, ES; Alejandro Brun P11, ISZ-Vem, IT; William Dundon P13, Pulawy,PL; Tomasz Stadejek P14, SAP, TR; Naci Bulut P15, VAR, BE; F. Koenen P16, HVS, DE; Sabine Kühne P17. ISZLER, IT; Emiliana Brocchi
Åse Uttenthal, National Veterinary Institute, Lindholm