“…The cell-medium mixture was We have reported that equine arteritis virus (EAV), a member of the genus Arterivirus [9], agglutinates mouse and chicken erythrocytes [7]. In previous papers, the inhibitory effect of heparin on the growth or hemagglutination of the following viruses has been reported: herpes simplex virus (HSV) [10,12,15,16], bovid herpesvirus 1 (BHV-1) [14] and Aujeszkey's disease virus (ADV) [8,13] of the family Herpesviridae, subfamily Alphaherpesvirinae, genus Simplexvirus or Varicellovirus; bovine ephemeral fever, Kimberley and Berrimah viruses of the family Rhabdoviridae, genus Ephemerovirus [4,11]; Akabane and Aino viruses of the family Bunyaviridae [4,11]; and porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) [6].…”