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Volume 23, No. (3), 2013 (June)
AUGMENTATION OF BIOLOGICAL TITER OF FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS IN IN VITRO CULTURE
Q. Akram, K. Muhammad, M. Rabbani, J. Nazir, M. Nawaz, K. Hanif, Z. Shakoor

Q. Akram, K. Muhammad, M. Rabbani, J. Nazir, M. Nawaz, K. Hanif, Z. Shakoor
1 Department of Microbiology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan

Corresponding Author: qais_vet@yahoo.com
DOI: NA
Page Number(s): 771-774
Published Online First: June 01, 2013
Publication Date: June 01, 2013
ABSTRACT

Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) virus grew well on BHK-21 cell line. The virus showed poor tissue culture infective dose 50 (TCID50) that was log 103.2±0.2 in BHK-21 cell line having Glasgow Minimal Essential Medium (GMEM) without Fetal Calf Serum (FCS). Addition of one per cent FCS in the medium @ one percent increased log 107.1±0.2 units of virus TCID50. Incubation temperature of 350 C and 370 C supported the multiplication and maintenance of BHK-21 cells and yielded log106.6±0.1 and log107.0±0.2units of virus TCID50, respectively. Each serotype of FMD virus showed log106.29±0.07 units of virus TCID50 in the stationary monolayer of BHK-21 cells in roux flask (75cm 2), log107.66± 0.02 units of virus TCID50 in roller bottles (490cm2) and log108.34 ± 0.07 units of virus TCID50 on 0.2 g of micro-carriers suspending in 200 ml of the growth medium in stirring bottle. The infectivity titer/TCID50 of each of the virus serotypes was significantly higher in roller bottles than that achieved in roux flasks (p<0.05) and was significantly higher in stirring bottle containing micro-carriers suspending in the growth medium than that of harvested in roller bottle (p<0.05). It is concluded that the infectivity titer of the virus is directly proportional to number of BHK-21 cells in the culture system.

Keywords: Anchorage dependant BHK-21 cells, roller bottles, infectivity titer, FMD virus
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