Research Article
First Evidence of Fowl Adenovirus Induced Inclusion Body Hepatitis in Chicken in Bangladesh
Table 2
Detection of anti-FAdV Group 1 antibody in chicken serum by ELISA (n = 303).
| Flock type | Status | Age of sampling (days) | No. of sample | Minimum/Maximum titer | Mean titer ± SE | Number/Percent seropositive | value | Significance |
| Broiler (B1) | Beginning of exposure | 9 | 14 | 211/2984 | 829 ± 236 | 2/14.28 | 0.019
| | After exposure | 35 | 9 | 1130/2502 | 1516 ± 128 | 9/100 | | |
| Broiler (B2) | Beginning of exposure | 7 | 14 | 211/1285 | 493 ± 76 | 1/7.14 | | | After exposure | 32 | 15 | 1488/6688 | 3872 ± 431 | 15/100 | | |
| Broiler (B3) | Beginning of exposure | 11 | 14 | 139/721 | 475 ± 44 | 0/0 | | | After exposure | 32 | 17 | 1367/10597 | 7833 ± 605 | 17/100 | | |
| Broiler breeder (BB1) | Beginning of exposure | 14 | 18 | 115/1256 | 399 ± 81 | 2/11.11 | | | After exposure | 56 | 15 | 522/2185 | 1246 ± 172 | 8/53.33 | | |
| Broiler breeder (BB2) | Beginning of exposure | 9 | 18 | 215/1427 | 645 ± 84 | 3/16.66 | | | After exposure | 60 | 16 | 2624/10379 | 6367 ± 650 | 16/100 | | |
| Broiler breeder (BB3) | Beginning of exposure | 8 | 18 | 168/2198 | 667 ± 151 | 4/22.22 | | | After exposure | 70 | 15 | 5548/14241 | 9699 ± 832 | 15/100 | | |
| Broiler breeder (BB4) | Beginning of exposure | 14 | 15 | 26/1355 | 446 ± 111 | 3/20 | | | After exposure | 57 | 15 | 611/2160 | 1452 ± 137 | 12/80 | | |
| Broiler breeder (BB5) | Beginning of exposure | 16 | 15 | 178/1524 | 739 ± 121 | 5/33.33 | | | After exposure | 57 | 15 | 791/9499 | 7418 ± 634 | 14/93.33 | | |
| Broiler breeder (BB6) | Beginning of exposure | 16 | 15 | 151/2170 | 885 ± 172 | 6/40 | | | After exposure | 56 | 15 | 3650/13634 | 9004 ± 820 | 15/100 | | |
| Commercial layer (CL1) | Beginning of exposure | 35 | 15 | 141/393 | 218 ± 16 | 0/0 | 0.915
| NS | After exposure | 70 | 15 | 1/319 | 221 ± 14 | 0/0 | | |
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NS = not significant ( ), = significant at 5% level of probability ( ), = significant at 1% level of probability ( ). |