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Division 2

United Kingdom

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The presence of a singleton reactorf1 may be suspected where a single seropositive pig is detected and where the following criteria are met:

  1. (a)

    there are no clinical signs of disease on the holding;

  2. (b)

    there is no relevant history of clinical disease on the holding;

  3. (c)

    there is no history of contact with a known outbreak of disease.

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f1

A small proportion of singleton reactors can be detected by any of the current serological tests for swine vesicular disease. The factors responsible for singleton reactors are unknown. Serological cross-reactivity with swine vesicular disease virus might arise due to infection with another, as yet unidentified, picornavirus or may be due to other non-specific factors present in the serum.