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Surveillance Of Mycoplasma Synoviae Infection In Mixed Thai Native Chickens In The Area Of Nakornpathom Province, Somsak Pakpinyo, Somkid Khanda, Supanat Boonyapisitsopa
Surveillance Of Mycoplasma Synoviae Infection In Mixed Thai Native Chickens In The Area Of Nakornpathom Province, Somsak Pakpinyo, Somkid Khanda, Supanat Boonyapisitsopa
The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine
This study was to conduct a surveillance of Mycoplasma synoviae (MS) infection in mixed Thai native chickens. Samples were submitted from 30 mixed Thai native chicken flocks, 15 birds per flock, aged between 1-4.5 months in the area of Nakornpathom province in the September 2005-October 2006 period. Each bird was bled for MS serology by serum plate agglutination (SPA) and enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test kits and swabbed for MS antigen detection by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique. Results revealed that the positive reactors detected by the SPA test, ELISA and PCR procedure were 12, 9 and 8 flocks, …