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There were compared the findings concerning diagnosis of rabies using anti-rabies conjugates, i.e. Czechoslovakian policlonal Bioveta and American monoclonal CENTOCOR. There were evaluated the impression slides stained with Bioveta and CENTOCOR conjugates obtained from 27 foxes, a racoon dog, a stone marten, 4 cats, 2 dogs and a cow. The animals were suspected for rabies. Out of 36 animals rabies was diagnosed in 32 cases with the Bioveta conjugate (88.9%) and only 18 with CENTOCOR (50%). The samples responding positive with the Bioveta and negative with CENTOCOR were assessed by inoculation of mice. The results suggested that the serotypes of rabies virus which were not diagnosed with CENTOCOR FITC could circulate in nature. Thus the CENTOCOR FITC conjugate is of a limited value for diagnostic purposes of rabies.