Serologic examination of wild birds for hemorrhagic enteritis of Turkey and marble spleen disease of pheasants.
Precipitin antibody which reacted with the hemorrhagic enteritis (HE) of turkeys/marble spleen disease (MSD) of pheasants group of avian adenoviruses, was not detected in serum samples of 618 wild birds (42 species) from Florida, Texas and Virginia. HE/MSD precipitin antibody was detected in serum samples of pen-reared ring-necked pheasants ( Phasianus colchicus ) which had experienced MSD, but not in serum samples of similar MSD unaffected birds.
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