Emergence of fowl aviadenovirus C-4 in a backyard chicken flock in California
| Autor: | Daniel Rejmanek, Anibal G. Armien, Beate Crossley, Asli Mete, Meghan Mott |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Veterinary medicine inclusion body hepatitis serotype 4 Fowl Adenoviridae Infections Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis fowl aviadenovirus Serogroup California Hepatitis Disease Outbreaks medicine Animals Veterinary Sciences backyard chickens Phylogeny Poultry Diseases General Veterinary biology Liver Disease Aviadenovirus FAdV C-4 medicine.disease biology.organism_classification hydropericardium syndrome Good Health and Well Being Brief Reports Flock Digestive Diseases Zoology Chickens |
| Zdroj: | J Vet Diagn Invest Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc, vol 33, iss 4 |
| ISSN: | 1943-4936 |
| Popis: | Fowl aviadenovirus (FAdV) species D and E are associated with inclusion body hepatitis (IBH); species C, serotype 4 (hereafter, FAdV4) is associated with hepatitis–hydropericardium syndrome (HHS) in young chickens. Outbreaks of HHS have led to significant losses in the poultry industry in several countries, predominantly in China. In April 2020, FAdV4 was detected in a remote backyard flock in California. In a mixed flock of chickens of various breeds and ages (6 mo to 2 y old), 7 of 30 were found dead within a week without premonitory signs. One additional bird died after the flock was relocated to fresh pasture, bringing the total mortality to 8 of 30 (27%). Postmortem examination of 3 birds revealed good body condition scores and active laying. One chicken had subtle hemorrhages throughout the liver, and the other 2 had diffusely dark mahogany livers. On histopathology, 2 chickens had hepatic necrosis with hepatocytes containing large, mostly basophilic, intranuclear inclusion bodies, identified by electron microscopy as 82.2-nm diameter adenoviral particles. Virus isolation and genomic sequencing performed on a liver sample revealed strains with 99.9% homology to FAdV4 isolates reported from China. To our knowledge, FAdV4 has not been reported in the United States to date. Furthermore, the chickens affected here were all adults and exhibited a variation of serotype 4 disease in which IBH was present but not hydropericardium. |
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