Vaccine Research Centre (Viral Vaccines), Centre for Animal Health Studies, Madhavaram Milk Colony, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai - 600 051, India.
The efficiency of PCR generated probe coupled with enhanced chemiluminescent hybridization assay was compared with conventional antigen detection assays to detect the IBD virus infection in chicks in terms of sensitivity and specificity. The hybridization assay was found to be superior to conventional antigen detection assays in terms of sensitivity and specificity.
