title: Maternal antibody to a respiratory isolate of Mycoplasma synoviae and contagious infection of chicks after hatching.
abstract: In chicks infected with Mycoplasma synoviae after hatching agglutinins were not detected for between 27 and 42 days. By this age the largely asymptomatic infection had spread extensively by contact. Detection of maternal agglutinins from hatching to 9 days in chicks from infected hens indicated that this should be considered as a diagnostic technique particularly where access to parent stock is limited.
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Veterinary Laboratory, Lasswade, Midlothian EH18 1HU, UK.
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: MacOwan
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Atkinson
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bennett
authors.forename: T F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Brand
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Randall