“…The ELISA is simple, sensitive and rapid; it facilitates quantitation of antigen; and the use of microtitre plates allows for the testing of a large number of samples (Voller et al 1976, Voller & Bidwell 1986, Arshkoosh & Kaattari 1990, Kemeny 1991. The ELISA is widely used for the identification of other fish pathogens, including Aeromonas salmonicida (Smith 1981, Austin et al 1986, Adams & Thompson 1990, infectious pancreatic necrosis virus (Dixon & Hill 1983), piscine rhabdoviruses (Dixon & Hill 1984), Yersinia ruckerii (Austin et al 1986), Renibacterium salmoninarum (Pascho & Mulcahy 1987), viral hemorrhagic septicemia (Way & Dixon 1988, Mourton et al 1990, Sanz & Col1 1992, infectious hematopoietic necrosis virus (Way & Dixon 1988, Medina et al 1992, and Vibrio anguillarum (Romestand et al 1993). The numerous advantages and wide use of the assay in aquaculture prompted our attempt to develop an ELISA that could detect antigens of Flavobacteriun~ branchiophilum.…”