J. Uriarte
Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina
K. Suzuki
Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina
J. Origlia
Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina
D. Gornatti
Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina
M. Piscopo
Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina
R. Cerda
Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina
M. Herrero
Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina
H. Marcantoni
Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina
M. F. Unzaga
Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina
E. Spinsantti
Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina
F. Marino
Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina
M. Pecoraro
Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina
S. Corva
Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina
M. Petruccelli
Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina
ABSTRACT
The objective of this study was to estimate the true prevalence of seropositive individual chicken against Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale and avian pneumovirus in Argentina, using the Rogan-Gladen estimator in combination with Bayesian inference. Chicken runs existed in 21 and 20 different towns in Buenos Aires and Entre Ríos Provinces in Argentina for Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale and avian pneumovirus seroprevalence, respectively, were studied. Individual-chicken sera were analyzed using a commercial enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The 719 (for testing Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale) and 933 (for testing avian pneumovirus) chickens were investigated. The overall true seroprevalence was 62.6% [95% Bayesian Credible Interval (BCI): 37.6-84.5%] and 8.0% (95% BCI: 1.4-18.5%) against Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale and avian pneumovirus, respectively.
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J. Uriarte, K. Suzuki, J. Origlia, D. Gornatti, M. Piscopo, R. Cerda, M. Herrero, H. Marcantoni, M. F. Unzaga, E. Spinsantti, F. Marino, M. Pecoraro, S. Corva and M. Petruccelli, 2010. Stochastic Estimation of Seroprevalence Against Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale and Avian Pneumovirus among Chickens in Argentina. International Journal of Poultry Science, 9: 352-356.
DOI: 10.3923/ijps.2010.352.356
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=ijps.2010.352.356
DOI: 10.3923/ijps.2010.352.356
URL: https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=ijps.2010.352.356
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