Summary
Viral rna oligonucleotide fingerprinting was used to discriminate 3 cytopathic vaccine bovine viral diarrhea viruses (bvdv) grown in medium supplemented with serum contaminated with noncytopathic bvdv from the same 3 viruses grown in cell culture free of bvdv. Oligonucleotide fingerprinting also effectively discriminated between reference Singer bvdv, nadl bvdv, and New York-1 bvdv grown in bvdv-free noncontaminated or bvdv-contaminated cell cultures. Oligonucleotide fingerprint mapping of viral rna maybe used to determine the purity of virus stocks, as well as that of bvdv vaccines.