Seroprevalence of infectious bursal disease in non-vaccinated indigenous and exotic chickens on selected farms around Gaborone, Botswana.

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Author list: Mushi EZ, Binta MG, Chabo RG, Ndebele RT

Publisher: AOSIS

Publication year: 1999

Journal: Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research (0030-2465)

Journal acronym: Onderstepoort J Vet Res

Volume number: 66

Issue number: 2

Start page: 135

End page: 7

Number of pages: -127

ISSN: 0030-2465

eISSN: 2219-0635

Languages: English-Great Britain (EN-GB)

Abstract

Sera from nine out of 30 (30.0%) apparently healthy unvaccinated indigenous (Tswana) chickens had precipitating antibodies to infectious bursal disease (IBD) virus using the agar gel precipitation test. Similarly, sera from 11 out of 49 (22.4%) chickens of exotic breeds with no history of vaccination against IBD were positive for antibodies against the virus.

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