Research Article

Comparative Study of Serological Tests for Mycoplasma synoviae Diagnosis in Commercial Poultry Breeders

Table 1

Frequency of anti-MS antibodies using SPA, HI, and ELISA in Mycoplasma synoviae diagnosis in commercial poultry breeder flocksa.

TESTNumber of positive results/Total of samplesaFrequency (%)

SPA736/278126.46
ELISA150/712b21.06
HI30/712b4.21

a Results are expressed as number of positive birds/total number of birds in each test.
b Material collected in 24 samples was not sufficient to be tested by HI and ELISA.