Serological evidence of chicken anaemia virus infection in Nigerian indigenous chickens.
Serum samples from 20 out of 180 (11.1%) apparently healthy Nigerian indigenous chickens were negative for antibodies against chicken anaemia virus using the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Of the 160 positive sera (88.9%), 12 (7.5%) had titres ranging from 1500-3000, 46 (28.8%) had titres from 3000-5000 while 102 (63.8%) had titres between 5000-11000. The overall mean titre value was 5845 +/- 2402. This appears to be evidence of a natural outbreak of the infection since the chickens had no history of vaccination against any poultry disease.
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. banabis2001@yahoo.com
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D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D017727:Chicken anemia virus / Q000276:immunology*; D002645:Chickens; D018173:Circoviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D009549:Nigeria / Q000453:epidemiology; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000276:immunology; D016036:Seroepidemiologic Studies
D000914:Antibodies, Viral