Article
Role of Maternal Antibodies in Protection Against Infectious Bursal Disease in Commercial Broilers
2003-06-15
Abstract excerpt
Chicks from broiler breeders with known Infectious Bursal Disease Virus (IBDV) vaccination history were examined for residual maternal and experimentally induced antibodies and their role in protection against IBDV. Maternal antibodies in unvaccinated chickens persisted in chicks up to 21 days as determined by ELISA with complete decay by 28 and 35 days. Experimental challenge with live IBDV protected chicks up to...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 94e7b856-25af-5806-a6d0-af3d37152020
- DOI
- 10.3923/ijps.2003.251.255
