Isolation of avian infectious bronchitis virus from experimentally infected chickens.

Virus was recovered from the faeces of chickens infected at three or four weeks of age for more than 20 weeks after infection with commercial vaccines or with the T strain of avian infectious bronchitis virus (IBV). Virus was not recovered from the trachea, liver, spleen, bursa or kidneys of T strain infected birds longer than 29 days after infection at which point IBV was recovered from the bursa of a single infected bird. In a subsequent experiment IBV was recovered from the caecal lymph nodes and faeces of one of five birds 14 weeks after infection with a commercial vaccine but no virus was isolated from the trachea, kidneys, duodenum, bursa, ovaries or testes of any of the five birds at this time.     

鸡传染性支气管炎人工感染模型的中药保护作用

传染性支气管炎(IB)是由传染性支气管炎病毒(IBV)引起的急性、高度接触性呼吸道传染病,其特征是咳嗽、打喷嚏和气管哕音、呼吸困难.该病可引起鸡的增重、饲料报酬以及生产性能降低,当继发或并发感染支原体或大肠杆菌等时可使鸡群死亡率增加,是严重危害世界养禽业的重大传染病之一.由于IBV毒株具有高度易变异和多血清型的特点,给该病的免疫和防治带来了很大困难,因此,研制有效的防治药物具有重要意义.     

Detection of infectious bronchitis virus antigen from experimentally infected chickens by indirect immunofluorescent assay with monoclonal antibody

Infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) was detected by indirect immunofluorescent assay with a monoclonal antibody (MAb-IFA). The monoclonal antibody was specific for the nucleocapsid protein of IBV strain M41. The MAb-IFA clearly detected IBV with high specificity in infected chicken kidney cells. The assay furthermore detected IBV in tracheal smears and sliced tracheas from experimentally infected chickens. The positive reaction was found to be longer than that in the virus recovery test. These results indicate that MAb-IFA is a useful method for the detection of IBV from chickens suspected to have infectious bronchitis.     

Indications of immunodepression in chickens infected with various strains of Marek's disease virus

The effect of infection by various strains of Marek's disease virus (MDV) on the immune function of 3-week-old chickens was examined. MDV strains of low (CU-2, RB-7) and high (RB-3, MD-5, and MD-11) pathogenicity were compared with prototype JM-10 strain of moderate pathogenicity. Mortality, whole body weight, relative weights of lymphoid organs, histopathology, humoral antibody responses to thymus-dependent and -independent antigens, and in vitro lymphocyte responses to mitogen stimulation were investigated at 1, 2, and 3 weeks postinfection. MDV strains of high pathogenicity significantly depressed responses at 3 weeks postinfection, seeming to indicate the ability of these viruses to induce severe immunodepression. However, the fact that the moderately pathogenic and even some of the low-pathogenicity strains induced immunodepression suggests that other viral mechanisms are also important in its determination.     

Detection of infectious bursal disease virus in experimentally infected chickens by in situ hybridization

In situ hybridization was used in a pathogenesis study of three vaccine pathotypes (Delaware variant A, D78, and BursaVac) of infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV). Tissues were excised (bursa, thymus, spleen, proventriculus, and cecal tonsils), fixed in formalin, and paraffin embedded at 12, 24, 48, 72, and 120 hr postinoculation (HPI). With an antisense VP2 gene probe, viral nucleic acid was detected in bursas from both D78- and BursaVac-infected chickens at 24, 48, 72, and 120 HPI. However, viral RNA was detected only in the Delaware variant A-infected birds at 72 HPI. Thymus and spleen were positive in the D78-infected birds at 48 HPI and in the BursaVac-inoculated group at 72 HPI. Viral nucleic acid was not present in detectable levels among any of the tissues tested at 12 HPI. However, by 24 hr, scattered positive lymphoid cells were visualized in the bursal follicles of chickens infected with D78 and BursaVac. In addition, low levels of viral nucleic acids were detected in the thymus and spleen among the D78- and BursaVac-infected birds. The sites of viral replication were consistent between the two vaccine-infected groups (D78 and BursaVac), whereas the chickens infected with Delaware variant A had limited IBDV replication in the bursa.     

Kinetics of phytohemagglutinin response in chickens infected with various strains of Marek's disease virus

Phytohemagglutinin (PHA) response of whole blood lymphocytes from white leghorn inbred line 7(2) chickens infected with various strains of Marek's disease virus (MDV) was monitored sequentially for 6 weeks postinfection. A significant difference between JM and GA strains was shown. A two-phase depression in the PHA response was observed in chickens infected with the JM strain. Early depression occurred 1 week postinfection and was followed by recovery a week later. The second depression occurred at 4 weeks postinfection and lasted until the end of the experiment. The GA strain-infected group, on the other hand, began to show depression 4 weeks postinfection, and most chickens died within a short time thereafter. PHA response of chickens infected with strain Md11/75C, attenuated in cell culture from highly virulent strain Md11, was almost the same as that of control chickens.     

Pathogenicity of infectious bronchitis virus isolates from Ontario chickens

Infectious bronchitis (IB) is one of the important viral diseases of chickens, and in spite of regular vaccination, IB is a continuous problem in Canadian poultry operations. In an earlier study using sentinel chickens we determined the incidence of infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) in Ontario commercial layer flocks. The objective of this study was to determine the pathogenicity of 5 nonvaccine-related IBV isolates recovered from the sentinel birds. The clinical signs, gross, and histological lesions in specific pathogen-free chickens indicated that all 5 isolates caused mild lesions in the respiratory tract. An important finding of this study was the significantly lower average daily weight gain among virus-inoculated groups of chickens during the acute phase of infection. Based on sequences of part of the S1 gene IBV-ON2, IBV-ON3, and IBV-ON5 formed a cluster and they were closely related to strain CU-82792. IBV-ON4 had 98.7% identity with the strain PA/1220/9, a nephropathogenic variant.     

Virulence of Mycoplasma synoviae strains in experimentally infected broiler chickens

Seven field isolates of German origin and the type strain WVU 1853 of Mycoplasma synoviae (MS) were experimentally investigated for their virulence in mycoplasma-free broiler chickens. Two groups of birds were inoculated at 6 days of age with each isolate, one group into the thoracic air sac and the other group intravenously and all surviving birds were examined at necropsy 17 days post inoculation (pi). Groups of negative control birds received sterile Frey's broth medium by intravenous and intra-air sac inoculation, respectively. Variation in virulence was evaluated on the basis of significant differences in incidence, severity and extend of MS-induced airsacculitis and synovitis as well as isolation rates of MS especially from parenchymous organs. All the strains tested were pathogenic but varied in their virulence for broiler chickens. Based on differences of the virulence, the isolates were classified to the categories: (1.) highly virulent, (2.) virulent, (3.) moderately virulent and (4.) slightly virulent. (1) Strains WVU 1853 and 246-91 induced a systemic disease associated with multiple synovitis and bilateral airsacculitis (2) Strains 93-92 and 151-77 induced bilateral airsacculitis similar to WVU 1853 and 246-91 but rarely a systemic disease after exposure by intra-thoracic airsac inoculation. (3) In comparison, strains 27-79, 76-93 and 513-83 caused less frequently airsacculitis and even if, then only at the side of intra-airsac exposure. (4) Strain 91-93 has been found to differ significantly from all the other isolates in its capacity to produce disease independently from the inoculation route. After intravenous inoculation, findings gave no indications for strains with selective tropism to the epithelial membranes of the lower respiratory tract or to those of the joints, tendon sheaths and bursae. However, the presented data of the experiments suggest that the MS strains tested differ in their potential capacity to invade systemically and produce acute septicaemia.     

IBV感染雏鸡血清中SOD,GSH-Px活性与MDA含量的研究

将80只15日龄雏鸡随机分为对照组和试验组。试验组雏鸡用传染性支气管炎病毒尿囊液滴鼻染毒,攻毒后1,3,6,9,12d分别测定各组血清中超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶(GSH-Px)活性与丙二醛(MDA)含量,研究血清中氧自由基在鸡传染性支气管炎发病过程中的动态变化。结果表明:试验组血清SOD,GSH-Px活性自攻毒后明显降低(P<0.05或P<0.01);MDA含量在攻毒后开始上升,且在感染后第6、第9天差异极显著(P<0.01)。提示氧化损伤可能参与调节了传染性支气管炎的发生发展过程。     

雏鸡感染IBV后气管、肺及肾组织中血管活性肠肽(VIP)动态变化

80只14日龄SPF鸡随机均分为试验组和对照组,试验组用鸡传染性支气管炎病毒M41株人工感染,于感染后1,3,5,7,11,15 d分别测定试验组及对照组气管、肺和肾组织中血管活性肠肽(VIP)含量,探讨脑肠肽类物质VIP在鸡传染性支气管炎发病过程中的作用.结果表明:试验组气管组织中VIP含量自感染后一直高于对照组,并且于7,11d VIP含量显著高于对照组(P＜0.05);肺组织中VIP含量未出现明显变化;肾组织中VIP含量自感染后7 d开始上升,并且于7,11d显著高于对照组(P＜0.05).提示脑肠肽类物质VIP可能参与调节了呼吸系统疾病鸡传染性支气管炎的发生发展过程.     

鸡传染性支气管病毒ZZ2004株致SPF感染鸡小肠损伤的病理与超微病变研究

为研究鸡传染性支气管炎病毒(IBV) ZZ2004株引起鸡生长缓慢的发病机理,本实验将100只7日龄SPF雏鸡平均分为两组.实验组经口服病毒进行感染,对照组口服生理盐水,通过临床检查、病理学检查及超微病变观察进行研究.病理解剖学检查表明,实验组鸡各肠段有不同程度卡他性出血性炎性变化.病理组织学显示,小肠绒毛变短,上皮细胞脱落,固有层内炎性细胞增多.扫描电镜观察表明,肠绒毛的游离端常断裂,固有层裸露,在肠上皮细胞之间有大量杯状细胞的开口,并见大块状的分泌物渗出.透射电镜检查显示,残存的肠上皮细胞的微绒毛严重破坏;粗面内质网脱颗粒,滑面内质网明显扩张,呈囊状或泡状,在内质网中出现大量病毒颗粒;核周隙扩张,在核质中能够检出成熟的病毒颗粒.本研究结果表明:IBV ZZ2004株可以在肠上皮细胞中增殖,引起肠的吸收上皮和肠绒毛的一系列退行性病变,从而导致感染鸡代谢障碍,生长缓慢.