The master seed from which every batch of Aviguard is produced has been tested to ensure absence of the following pathogens:

Viruses

• Avian adenoviruses
  
• Avian encephalomyelitis virus
  
• Avian infectious bronchitis (IB) virus
  
• Avian infectious bursal disease
  
• Avian influenza type A virus
  
• Avian lymphoid leucosis (A&B)
  
• Avian nephritis virus
  
• Avian reovirus
  
• Avian reticuloendotheliosis
  
• Chicken anaemia agent (CAA)
  
• Egg-drop syndrome 76 virus (EDS)
  
• Fowl Pox virus
  
• Infectious laryngotracheitis (ILT) virus
  
• Marek's disease virus
  
• Newcastle disease virus
  
• Rhinotracheitis virus
  

Bacteria

• Campylobacter spp.
  
• Chlamydia spp.
  
• Clostridium botulinum
  
• Clostridium colinum
  
• Clostridium difficile
  
• Clostridium perfringens A and C (toxigenic types)
  
• Escherichia coli serovars O1:K1, O2:K1 and O78:K80
  
• Escherichia coli O157
  
• Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae
  
• Haemophilus spp.
  
• Listeria spp.
  
• Mycobacterium spp.
  
• Mycoplasma gallisepticum
  
• Mycoplasma synoviae
  
• Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale
  
• Pasteurella spp.
  
• Salmonella spp.
  
• Shigella spp.
  
• Staphylococcus aureus
  
• Vibrio cholerae
  
• Yersinia spp.