Nephropathogenic infectious bronchitis in Pennsylvania chickens 1997-2000
| Autor: | M. Salem, David M. Weinstock, Sherrill Davison, Patricia A. Dunn, A. F. Ziegler, J. Gelb, Robert J. Eckroade, Huaguang Lu, Brian S. Ladman, Paul G. Miller, A. Schneider |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
| Předmět: |
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty animal structures Interstitial nephritis Infectious bronchitis virus Biology medicine.disease_cause Kidney Disease Outbreaks Food Animals Polyuria medicine Animals Poultry Diseases Coronavirus General Immunology and Microbiology Visceral gout Broiler Pennsylvania medicine.disease medicine.anatomical_structure Animal Science and Zoology Flock medicine.symptom Coronavirus Infections Chickens |
| Zdroj: | Avian diseases. 46(4) |
| ISSN: | 0005-2086 |
| Popis: | Nephropathogenic infectious bronchitis (NIB) was diagnosed in 28 infectious bronchitis virus (IBV)-vaccinated commercial chicken flocks in Pennsylvania from December 1997 to July 2000. Early dinical signs were increased flock mortality and urinary water loss (polyuria and pollakiuria) leading to wet litter. Daily mortality ranged from 0.01% in layers to 2.45% in broilers, with total broiler mortality as high as 23%. Severe renal swelling and accumulation of urates in the tubules were commonly seen. Visceral gout and urolithiasis were less frequently observed. Histopathologic changes included characteristic tubular epithelial degeneration and sloughing with lymphoplasmacytic interstitial nephritis. Minimal respiratory disease signs were noted in broilers. Egg production and shell quality declined in layers. Confirmatory diagnosis of NIB was made by IBV antigen-specific immunohistochemical staining of the renal tubular epithelium and virus isolation. Sequencing of the S1 subunit gene of 21 IBV isolates showed the NIB outbreak to be associated with two unique genotypes, PA/Wolgemuth/98 and PA/171/99. The cases from which the genotypes were isolated were clinically indistinguishable. The NIB viruses were unrelated to previously recognized endemic strains in Pennsylvania and were also dissimilar to each other. Genotype PA/Wolgemuth/98 was isolated almost exclusively during the first 14 mo of the outbreak, whereas PA/171/99 was recovered during the final 18 mo. The reason for the apparent replacement of PA/Wolgemuth/98 by PA/171/99 is not known. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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