1. Lesions of velogenic viscerotropic Newcastle disease virus infection were more severe in broilers than pullets
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Ifeanyichukwu Onyema, Didacus Chukwuemeka Eze, Yusuf Abba, Paulinus Ekenedilichukwu Emennaa, Shodeinde Vincent Olu Shoyinka, Emmanuel Chukwudi Okwor, Wilfred Sunday Ezema, John Ikechukwu Ihedioha, and John Osita Arinze Okoye
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breed susceptibility ,lesions ,chickens ,velogenic viscerotropic newcastle disease virus infection ,Veterinary medicine ,SF600-1100 - Abstract
This study compared the pathologic effects of velogenic Newcastle disease (ND) virus in broilers and pullets using the normal pathogenic dose of the virus following an earlier report that challenge of the two types of chickens with a low dose of the virus caused mortalities in broilers but none in pullets. One hundred and twenty chickens (10 weeks old) were randomly assigned into four groups (n = 30 each): inoculated intramuscularly with velogenic viscerotropic ND virus (vvNDV) pullets – IP, uninfected pullets – UP, infected broilers – IB and uninfected broilers – UB. Anorexia, depression, ruffled feathers, green diarrhoea, tucking of the head under their wings, droopy wings and prostration were observed on days 2 and 3 post inoculation (PI) in groups IP and IB respectively. Mortality in IP and IB was 100%. Weight loss was significant (P
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- 2019
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