Pathogenicity studies with a strain of fowl adenovirus serotype 8 (VRI-33) in chickens.

Autor: Reece RL; Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Veterinary Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria., Barr DA, Grix DC
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Australian veterinary journal [Aust Vet J] 1987 Dec; Vol. 64 (12), pp. 365-7.
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1987.tb09604.x
Abstrakt: Experiments were undertaken to study the pathogenesis of VRI-33, a strain of fowl adenovirus serotype 8 isolated from the liver of a broiler chicken with inclusion body hepatitis. A 30% death rate resulted from oral infection of one-day-old specific pathogen free chickens with 10(6) plaque forming units of VRI-33. Chickens 10, 14, 21 and 28 days of age did not die following infection via natural routes but there were some motalities following infection via parenteral routes. Immunodepression by neonatal cyclophosphamide treatment, followed by infection with VRI-33 via non-parenteral routes, caused varying degrees of hepatitis with basophilic intranuclear inclusion bodies in hepatocytes. The mortality rate of cyclophosphamide-treated, VRI-33 infected chickens, was not significantly altered by post-infection temperature stress. Infection with infectious bursal disease virus, followed by infection with VRI-33 via natural routes at 14 days of age, was not associated with mortalities.
Databáze: MEDLINE