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Indian Journal of Poultry Science
Year : 2000, Volume : 35, Issue : 3
First page : ( 282) Last page : ( 285)
Print ISSN : 0019-5529.

Pathological studies in broiler chicks experimentally infected with Fowl Adenovirus serotpye 4 isolate

Dahiya Swati*, Mishra S.K.1, Srivastava R.N., Gulati B.R.

Department of Veterinary Microbiology, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar - 125 004.

* Part of M.V.Sc. thesis of first author.

1 Department of Veterinuy Pathology.

Received:  17  June,  2000; Accepted:  26  August,  2000.

Abstract

Infectious hydropericardium was reproduced experimentally in 28-day-old broiler chicks by inoculating 104.1 TCID50 of fowl adenovirus (FAY) serotype 4 isolate subcutaneously and orally. Subcutaneous route of inoculation caused early onset of clinical signs and higher mortality (83%) in comparison to the oral route in which the mortality was only SOOAt. Characteristic hydropericardium alongwith pale and swollen liver was observed in the affected birds of both the groups. The presence of FAV was confinned by observmg basophilic intranuclear inclusion bodies in the hepatocytes of all the dead birds. Histopathological studies of other organs revealed myocarditis, lymphoid depletion in bursa of Fabricius and spleen, haemorrhagic exudatein bronchioles and tubular degeneration in kidneys.

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Key words

Infectious hydropeticardium, fowl adenovirus, broilers.

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