Objective:To verify the antigen-antibody(P24 polyclonal and monoclonal antibody) binding in detecting Borna disease virus(BDV)-P24 protein in paraffin tissue sections and to explore the work conditions. Methods:Forty Sprague-Dawley rats born within 24 h were intracranially(i.c.) inoculated in the right cerebral hemisphere with either BDV solution or phosphate-buffered saline(con-trol:sham inoculated). Forty Sprague-Dawley rats and 40 C57 rats without injection were chosen as negative controls. The brains of rats on 60 d after birth were perfused and were subsequently embedded into paraffin. Then the immunohistochemical staining was per-formed following Envision two-step protocol. The primary antibody was chosen as P24 polyclonal and monoclonal antibody and the di-lution ranged from 1∶50 to 1∶5 000. The primary antibody was replaced by PBS as blank control. The brownish yellow or brown parti-cles distributing in the cells were considered as positive and total score was got by multiplying positive cell proportion score and posi-tive intensity score. Results:There were significant differences in staining scores between experimental group and control group(polyclonal P24 group Z=-3.108,P=0.000,monoclonal P24 group Z=-4.605,P=0.000. It showed a high sensitivity with slightly stained background in dilution 1∶200,1∶400 using polyclonal P24 staining while a high sensitivity without stained background in dilution 1∶100,1∶200,1∶400 using monoclonal P24 staining. Conclusion:BDV P24 polyclonal and monoclonal antibody can bind the antigen distributed in paraffin sections of BDV infectious rat. The recommended dilution of polyclonal P24 antibody is 1∶200 and 1∶400. The recommended dilution of monoclonal P24 antibody is 1∶100,1∶200 and 1∶400.