| Title: |
Chickens Vaccinated Against Newcastle Disease and the Unvaccinated Chickens Reared under Semi-Intensive Management System |
| Authors: |
Sunday Blessing Oladele; Paul Abdu; Andrew Jonathan Nok; King Akpofure; Nelson Esievo |
| Contributors: |
The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives |
| Source: |
http://www.pjbs.org/ijps/fin984.pdf. |
| Collection: |
CiteSeerX |
| Description: |
The study was carried out to determine the levels of neuraminidase, erythrocyte surface and free serum sialic acid concentrations of chickens that were vaccinated against Newcastle Disease (ND) and unvaccinated chickens reared under semi-intensive management system in Zaria metropolis. A total of one hundred chickens, fifty each from vaccinated and unvaccinated flocks, randomly selected from ten backyard poultry farms were used for the study. Neuraminidase activity and concentrations of erythrocyte surface and free serum sialic acids were determined for each chicken, using thiobarbituric acid assay method. The values of Packed Cell Volume (PCV) and antibody titres to Newcastle Disease Virus (NDV) were also determined for each chicken by microhaematocrit and Haemagglutination Inhibition (HI) methods, respectively. The mean neuraminidase activity (4.514±1.70 µmol/min) and free serum sialic acid concentration (0.075±0.03 mg/ml) obtained from the vaccinated chickens were significantly higher (p |
| Document Type: |
text |
| File Description: |
application/pdf |
| Language: |
English |
| Relation: |
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.550.3254; http://www.pjbs.org/ijps/fin984.pdf |
| Availability: |
http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.550.3254; http://www.pjbs.org/ijps/fin984.pdf |
| Rights: |
Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.DEB782F9 |
| Database: |
BASE |