Comparison of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and hemagglutination-inhibition for detection of antibody to mycoplasma gallisepticum in commercial broiler, fair and exhibition, and experimentally infected birds

Avian Diseases

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 13-22

  Ewing, M L ^a   Kleven, S H ^b   Brown, M B ^a  

^a University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; MYCOPLASMA SYNOVIAE;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS REACTION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; IMMUNOLOGY; MYCOPLASMA; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHICKENS; CROSS REACTIONS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TESTS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; POULTRY DISEASES; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0029692199     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1592366     Document Type: Article

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