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Antiserum against plant viruses or their translation products is produced in suitable laboratory animals, such as rats, rabbits, guinea pigs, mice and chickens. Rabbits are used in most cases because of the amount of serum that can be obtained from a single animal and the relative ease of keeping and handling these animals.
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Dijkstra, J., de Jager, C.P. (1998). Production of Antiserum. In: Practical Plant Virology. Springer Lab Manual. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-72030-7_51
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