THE APPLICATION OF IMMUNOPEROXIDASE TEST FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF AVIAN MYCOPLASMA

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Forty tissue samples, 40 chicken sera; 40 egg yolk samples, 10 synovial fluid samples and 10 tracheal washings were collected from randomly selected chickens and eggs from Sharkia Governorate. These
: samples were submitted to examination with indirect immunoperoxidase (IP) test for the presence of de Mycoplasma antigens or antibodies. A comparison was held between the results obtained and those using the isolation method, haemagglutination inhibition test (HI) and slide agglutination (SA); the (IP) was found to be more sensitive and accurate.