| use of a novel serum elisa method and the tonsil-carrier state for evaluation of mycoplasma hyosynoviae distributions in pig herds with or without clinical arthritis. | a novel indirect elisa test using deoxycholate extracted antigens coated onto a hydrophobic polystyrene surface for measurement of serum antibodies specific for mycoplasma hyosynoviae was developed. sensitivity and specificity of the test were found to be superior to previous elisas as tested on porcine serum following experimental mycoplasma infections as well as by analysis of samples from one danish herd known to be free of m. hyosynoviae and samples from two norwegian herds without clinical ... | 2005 | 16171955 |