USE OF SEROLOGICAL METHODS FOR DIAGNOSIS OF CHICKEN VIRAL HEPATITIS E
At the FGBI “ARRIAH” 791 blood sera samples from poultry farm of the Russian Federation were tested in 2012 using ELISA for the purpose of detection of avian hepatitis E virus specific antibodies. Samples were collected from poultry of different crosses from poultry farms where clinical signs were observed and from poultry farms where the given pathology was never registered. The materials presented in the paper show limited capabilities of serological methods for chicken viral hepatitis E diagnosis.