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A COMPARISON OF COMMERCIAL MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM ANTIGENS IN THE RAPID SERUM AGGLUTINATION TEST
Author(s) -
Faragher J. T.,
Harden T. J.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
australian veterinary journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1751-0813
pISSN - 0005-0423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1975.tb09383.x
Subject(s) - mycoplasma gallisepticum , pasteurella multocida , antigen , direct agglutination test , biology , agglutination (biology) , agglutinin , virology , microbiology and biotechnology , vaccination , mycoplasma , immunology , serology , antibody , bacteria , lectin , genetics
Twenty-three chickens, aged 9 weeks, were housed in contact with a similar group of chickens which were infected with M. gallisepticum. The onset and development of the serum agglutinin responses which were detected by 3 commercial antigens using rapid serum agglutination tests up to 20 weeks of age, differed greatly both between the infected and in-contact groups and, within the latter group, between the antigens. Few reactions, which were weak and transient, were detected in 2 similar groups of chickens, neither infected with M. gallisepticum but 1 vaccinated at 12 and 17 weeks of age with killed Pasteurella multocida oil adjuvant vaccine.