Results
Two out of the 20 (10 %) sera from Laughing dove, 3 out of the 22 (13.64%) from Speckled pigeon and 4 out of the 21 (19.05%) from mallard were positive for AIV H5 antibody. The 25, 23 and 25 sera each obtained from Senegalese parrot, geese and Cattle egrets, respectively were negative for AIV antibody using the same test, i.e., competitive ELISA (Table 1).
Out of the 5 pooled oropharyngeal and cloacal swabs from Senegalese parrot 1 (20 %) was positive for avian influenza antigen (Table 2). All the pooled swabs from Laughing dove, Speckled pigeon, Cattle egret, Mallard and Geese were negative for AIV antigen using real time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (Table 2 and Figure 1).