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Update Date: [2022-09-30]

Publication Dot Immunosorbent Assay for Leucocytozoonosis Diagnosis


Reportno.

AHRI report No.31

Topic

Dot Immunosorbent Assay for Leucocytozoonosis Diagnosis

Department

Taiwan Animal Health Research Institute. 

Author Y, S. Wu*, S. J. Chen, and W. M. Chang 
Summary

The result of Dot immnosorbent assay (DIA) applied on detecting serum anitbodies to Leucocytozoonosis was satisfied. In this study, the whole sixty sera of artificially infected chickens showed positive reaction, the sensitivity and the specificity of the test was better than that of Agar gel pricipitation test (AGP). In field test, the sensitivity of DIA also showed well. The rate of DIA for detection of serum soluble antigen of Leucocyto zoonosis was about 78.1 %, which was unsatisfied as diagnostic method. 

Keyword

Leucocytozoon, Sero/ogic diagnosis, Dot immunosorbent assay