Detection of chicken anemia virus and infectious bursal disease virus co-infection in broilers

Authors

  • Jorge Luiz Chacón Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Departamento de Patologia, São Paulo, SP
  • Eliana Ottati Nogueira Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Departamento de Patologia, São Paulo, SP
  • Liana Bretano Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária
  • Cleide R. Gomes Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Departamento de Patologia, São Paulo, SP
  • Claudete Serrano Astolfi-Ferreira Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Departamento de Patologia, São Paulo, SP
  • Laura Villarreal Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Departamento de Patologia, São Paulo, SP
  • Antonio José Piantino Ferreira Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina Veterinária e Zootecnia, Departamento de Patologia, São Paulo, SP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1678-4456.bjvras.2010.26828

Keywords:

Chicken, Chichen Anemia Virus, Infectious Bursal Disease Virus, Coinfection, PCR

Abstract

This survey aimed to investigate chicken anemia virus (CAV) in broilers flocks experimenting retarded growth and increasing mortality since the fourth day of age. Clinically, chickens presented depression, paleness, depigmentation and retarded growth. At necropsy, chickens presented CAV-compatible lesions. Samples from liver, spleen and thymus were tested by PCR for a 675-bp fragment of the CAV VP-1 gene, and all tested samples were positive. Serological and molecular techniques did not detect other pathogens, such as adenovirus, reovirus, astrovirus, infectious bursal disease and avian infectious bronchitis virus. These results showed that chicken anemia virus (CAV) may occur since the first few days of life in broilers - a fact not as yet reported -, associated with high pathogenic Infectious Bursal Disease Virus (IBDV) vaccine strain may induce a persistent growth retarded for several weeks in broilers.

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Published

2010-08-01

Issue

Vol. 47 No. 4 (2010)

Section

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How to Cite

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Chacón JL, Nogueira EO, Bretano L, Gomes CR, Astolfi-Ferreira CS, Villarreal L, et al. Detection of chicken anemia virus and infectious bursal disease virus co-infection in broilers. Braz. J. Vet. Res. Anim. Sci. [Internet]. 2010 Aug. 1 [cited 2024 Nov. 25];47(4):293-7. Available from: https://revistas.usp.br/bjvras/article/view/26828