Assessing the Sensitivity of Egg Yolk Antibody Testing for Detecting Salmonella enteritidis Infections in Laying Hens

Poultry Science

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 798-801

  Gast, Richard K ^a   Porter Jr , Robert E ^b   Holt, Peter S ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibodies; Chicken; Eggs; Salmonella enteritidis

Indexed keywords

ENTERITIDIS; GALLUS GALLUS; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS;

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL SALMONELLOSIS; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; EGG YOLK; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GERMFREE ANIMAL; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; CHICKENS; EGG YOLK; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; POULTRY DISEASES; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS, ANIMAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS;

EID: 0031154381     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ps/76.6.798     Document Type: Article

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