Articulo
Stochastic estimation of seroprevalence against <i>Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale</i> and avian pneumovirus among chickens in Argentina
Autor
Uriarte, Javier
Suzuki, Kuniaki
Origlia, Javier
Gornatti Churria, Carlos Daniel
Píscopo, Miguel V.
Cerdá, Raúl Oscar
Herrero Loyola, Miguel Ángel
Marcantoni, H.
Unzaga, María Florencia
Spinsantti, E.
Marino, F. P.
Pecoraro, Marcelo Ricardo Ítalo
Corva, Santiago Gerardo
Petruccelli, Miguel Ángel
Institución
Resumen
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 Rios Provinces in Argentina for Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale and avian pneumovirus seroprevalence, respectively, were studied. lndividual-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 lntelval (BCI): 37.6-84.5%] and 8.0% (95% BCI: 14.185%) against Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale and avian pneumovirus, respectively. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias