Detection of antibodies against avian infectious laryngeotracheitis virus in Iraq

Abstract EN

The study is concerned with detection of infectious laryngeotracheitis virus antibodies in Iraq.

One hundred sera samples were collected from chickens with respiratory infection from different areas in Iraq (Diala, Kut, Suwayrah, Hilla, Diwaniyah, Samawah and Najaf), enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test was conducted for collection sera samples.

ELISA test was positive for 24 samples out of 100 samples collected from different areas in Iraq with a percentage of 24%.

Collected sera of chickens with age (5-6) weeks produced negative result with ELISA test.

Nineteen collected sera out of sixty three samples of chickens with age (10-20) weeks were positive with ELISA test.

Five sera samples out of twenty seven samples of chickens with age (22-51) weeks were positive with ELISA test