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| Nascimento,ER do; Polo,P de A; Pereira,VL de A; Barreto,ML; Nascimento,M da GF do; Zuanaze,MAF; Corrêa,ARA; Silva,R de CF. |
| False positive serologic reactions and difficulties in the diagnosis of Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) in chickens have increased lately as a result of infection by low virulent MG strains and the use of live MG vaccines in poultry. The objective of this study was to evaluate the serologic responses of SPF chickens exposed to the three commercially available live MG vaccines, and one low virulent MG strain (MG-70), contributing to the diagnosis and monitoring of MG infection in birds. Six groups of SPF chickens were used. The control group was not infected nor challenged; one group was infected with the low virulent strain MG-70 (MG-70); three groups were immunized and named after the MG vaccine used, i.e., MG-6/85, MG-ts11, and MG-F; and finally one group... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Mycoplasma; Poultry; Serology; Vaccination. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-635X2006000100007 |
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