| comparison of diagnostic tools for the detection of aspergillosis in blood samples of experimentally infected falcons. | antemortem diagnosis of avian aspergillosis is very challenging. diagnostic assays using blood samples would aid in an early and more definitive diagnosis. in the current study, detection of anti-aspergillus antibodies, aspergillus antigen, and aspergillus toxin (fumigaclavine a), protein electrophoresis and measurement of acute-phase protein concentrations were performed on serum of 18 adult and plasma of 21 juvenile gyr-saker hybrid falcons (falco rusticolus x falco cherrug). adult (n = 15) an ... | 2014 | 25619004 |