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Table IV.

Effect of semen extender on the survivability of PCV2 in cell culture.

Sample Time
0 h 8 h 24 h 48 h 96 h
PCV2 + MEM* 104.5b 104.5 104.2 104.0 104.0
PCV2 + extendera 104.2 104.0 103.66 103.66 103.66
*

PCV2 + MEM = 1:1 dilution of PCV2 live virus with minimum essential medium;

a

PCV2 + extender = 1:1 dilution of PCV2 live virus with semen extender;

b

Titer: expressed as 50% tissue infective dose per mL.