Infectious bursal disease serology in New Zealand poultry flocks

Authors: Jones BAH
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 34, Issue 3, pp 36, Mar 1986
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Avian, Poultry, Production animal
Subject Terms: Clinical pathology, Diagnostic procedures, Notifiable organisms/exotic disease, Viral, Reproduction, Disease/defect, Infectious disease
Article class: Correspondence

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Abstract: Infectious bursal disease (IBD) is recognised as a serious economically significant disease of poultry. N.H. Christensen in his letter to your Journal has summarised the ways in which IBD causes such economic loss. The disease is endemic in most poultry-producing countries throughout the world. L.G. With recently presented the results of a serological survey of some New Zealand meat chicken flocks for IBD infection. This has stimulated me to present the results of a similar serological survey carried out at our own laboratory. A total of 1784 sera were collected from 66 farms between April..

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