Author/Authors :
Udhayavel, Shanmugasundaram Poultry Disease Diagnosis and Surveillance Laboratory - Namakkal - Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, India , Gopala Krishna Murthy, Tippichettypalayam Ramasamy Poultry Disease Diagnosis and Surveillance Laboratory - Namakkal - Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, India , Gowthaman, Vasudevan Poultry Disease Diagnosis and Surveillance Laboratory - Namakkal - Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, India , Senthilvel, Kandasamy Poultry Disease Diagnosis and Surveillance Laboratory - Namakkal - Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, India , Sureshkumar, Ganesan Poultry Disease Diagnosis and Surveillance Laboratory - Namakkal - Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, India
Abstract :
Chronic Respiratory disease in Poultry is mainly caused by Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG). It causes huge
economic loss to the poultry industry. The present research work has been undertaken to know the sero-prevalence
of MG in commercial layers in Namakkal region of Tamil Nadu, India. A total of 103 commercial layer sera samples
from 6 commercial layer farms were subjected to indirect ELISA. From 103 sera samples, overall prevalence found
53.40% for commercial layer chickens. The highest (100%) sero-prevalence of MG was recorded at 32 weeks and the
lowest (0%) was recorded at 68 weeks of commercial layer chicken. This study demonstrated high sero-prevalence of
MG in Commercial Layers. Therefore, routine monitoring of the commercial layer farms for MG infection should be
recommended and mycoplasma control programmes must be strictly adhered.
Keywords :
Poultry , Mycoplasma gallisepticum , Seroprevalence , ELISA
