Grgić Helena, Hunter D Bruce, Hunton Peter, Nagy Eva
Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph.
Can J Vet Res. 2008 Oct;72(5):403-10.
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.
传染性支气管炎(IB)是鸡的重要病毒性疾病之一,尽管进行了常规疫苗接种,但在加拿大家禽养殖中,IB仍然是一个持续存在的问题。在一项早期使用哨兵鸡的研究中,我们确定了安大略省商业蛋鸡群中传染性支气管炎病毒(IBV)的发病率。本研究的目的是确定从哨兵鸡中分离出的5株与疫苗无关的IBV毒株的致病性。无特定病原体鸡的临床症状、大体病变和组织学病变表明,所有5株毒株均引起呼吸道轻度病变。本研究的一个重要发现是,在感染急性期,接种病毒的鸡群平均日增重显著降低。基于S1基因部分序列,IBV-ON2、IBV-ON3和IBV-ON5形成一个簇,它们与CU-82792毒株密切相关。IBV-ON4与肾病变变种PA/1220/9毒株的同源性为98.7%。