ELISA: Useful tool in monitoring of live mycoplasma vaccines

For non-vaccinated flocks, mycoplasma monitoring is an effective tool to prevent spread of disease through early detection and control of infection. Recent serological data on live mycoplasma vaccinated flocks have shown that ELISA can be effectively used to indicate successful vaccination or confer a field challenge and circumvent egg production losses due to mycoplasma infections. By Dr Bart van Leerdam, BioChek, Reeuwijk, the Netherlands The purpose of monitoring flocks, assum