Arathy Sabarinath
Pathobiology Academic Program, St. George�s University, School of Veterinary Medicine, Grenada, West Indies
Gopalakrishnan P. Sabarinath
Pathobiology Academic Program, St. George�s University, School of Veterinary Medicine, Grenada, West Indies
Keshaw P. Tiwari
Pathobiology Academic Program, St. George�s University, School of Veterinary Medicine, Grenada, West Indies
Sachin M. Kumthekar
Pathobiology Academic Program, St. George�s University, School of Veterinary Medicine, Grenada, West Indies
Derek Thomas
Grenada Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Grenada, West Indies
Ravindra N. Sharma
Pathobiology Academic Program, St. George�s University, School of Veterinary Medicine, Grenada, West Indies
ABSTRACT
Infectious Bronchitis (IB) is one of the most important viral diseases of poultry and it causes major economic losses in the poultry industry. The present study was conducted to investigate the prevalence of antibodies for Infectious Bronchitis Virus (IBV) in birds of Grenada. Serum samples from 474 birds including free range chickens (210), broilers (172), Muscovy ducks (50), turkeys (10), rock pigeons (31) and guinea fowl (1) were collected and screened for the presence of antibodies by a flock check ELISA kit. Overall 147 sera were positive for IBV (31.01%). This study demonstrates for the first time, the prevalence of IBV in the island and the Caribbean indicating natural exposure to the virus.
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Arathy Sabarinath, Gopalakrishnan P. Sabarinath, Keshaw P. Tiwari, Sachin M. Kumthekar, Derek Thomas and Ravindra N. Sharma, 2011. Seroprevalence of Infectious Bronchitis Virus in Birds of Grenada. International Journal of Poultry Science, 10: 266-268.
DOI: 10.3923/ijps.2011.266.268
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=ijps.2011.266.268
DOI: 10.3923/ijps.2011.266.268
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=ijps.2011.266.268
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Islam masoud raslan Reply
we have a brioler farm incloud about 40000 brid ,in the day 24 of age the farm has infection with ibv althought i vaccinate the ibv for three time . 2 days 4/91 , colone + MA5 7 days , 18 DAYS colone + MA5