INDIRECT FLUORESCENT-ANTIBODY TEST FOR DIAGNOSIS OF CORONAVIRAL ENTERITIS OF TURKEYS (BLUECOMB)

  • 1 January 1976
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 37  (9) , 1111-1112
Abstract
Frozen sections of intestine obtained from experimentally infected embryos were satisfactory antigens in the indirect fluorescent antibody (IFA) test for detection of antibodies to turkey coronaviral enteritis (TCE). Antibodies were detected in infected turkeys at 14 days after infection and persisted for at least 107 days in 1 experiment, and were detected at 9 days after infection and persisted for at least 160 days in a 2nd experiment. The IFA test may be of value as a rapid and economical screening method for TCE antibodies.

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