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Song Y, Liu L, Sun W, Gao W, Song X, Wang Y, Wei Q, Huang Z, Li X. Identification, pathogenicity and molecular characterization of a novel fowl adenovirus 8b strain. Poult Sci 2024; 103:103725. [PMID: 38603933 PMCID: PMC11017358 DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2024.103725] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2024] [Revised: 03/10/2024] [Accepted: 03/31/2024] [Indexed: 04/13/2024] Open
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Since 2012, there has been a noticeable upward trend in the global incidence of inclusion body hepatitis (IBH) cases, leading to substantial economic losses in the poultry industry. In response to this trend, the current study aimed to investigate the phylogenetic information, genetic mutations, and pathogenicity of the highly pathogenic fowl adenovirus (FAdV) strain HN1472, which was isolated from liver samples obtained from a laying flock affected by IBH. This investigation was carried out using 1-day-old specific pathogen-free (SPF) chickens. Recombination and phylogenetic analyses confirmed that HN1472 is a recombinant strain derived from FAdV-8a and FAdV-8b, and exhibited significant genetic divergence in the hexon, fiber, and ORF19 genes. Notably, the phylogenetic analysis identified recombination events in these regions. Furthermore, animal experiments revealed that HN1472 is a highly pathogenic isolate, causing 80% mortality and manifesting clinical signs of IBH in SPF chickens. Furthermore, the recombinant FAdV serotype 8b (FAdV-8b) was found to be widely distributed in various tissues, with a higher concentration in the livers and gizzard tissue at 3 d postchallenge (dpc). Collectively, these findings contribute to our current understanding of the factors influencing the pathogenicity and genetic diversity of FAdV serotype 8b (FAdV-8b) in China.
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- Yapeng Song
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
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- Henan Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Immunology, Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou, 450002, China.
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Wang T, Meng F, Chen C, Shen Y, Li P, Xu J, Feng Z, Qu X, Wang F, Li B, Liu M. Pathogenicity and epidemiological survey of fowl adenovirus in Shandong Province from 2021 to 2022. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1166078. [PMID: 37234528 PMCID: PMC10206033 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1166078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2023] [Accepted: 04/12/2023] [Indexed: 05/28/2023] Open
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In recent years, the poultry industry had been markedly affected by adenoviral diseases such as hydropericardium syndrome and inclusion body hepatitis caused by fowl adenovirus (FAdV), which have become increasingly prevalent in China. Shandong Province, China, is an important area for poultry breeding where various complex and diverse FAdV serotypes were isolated. However, the dominant strains and their pathogenic characteristics are not yet reported. Therefore, a pathogenicity and epidemiological survey of FAdV was conducted, showing that the local dominant serotypes of FAdV epidemics were FAdV-2, FAdV-4, FAdV-8b, and FAdV-11. Their mortality rates in the 17-day-old specific-pathogen-free (SPF) chicks ranged from 10 to 80%; clinical signs included mental depression, diarrhea, and wasting. The maximum duration of viral shedding was 14 days. The highest incidence in all infected groups was on days 5-9, and then gradual regression occurred thereafter. The most pronounced symptoms occurred in chicks infected with FAdV-4, including pericardial effusion and inclusion body hepatitis lesions. Our results add to the current epidemiological data on FAdV in poultry flocks in Shandong and elucidate the pathogenicity of dominant serotypes. This information may be important for FAdV vaccine development and comprehensive epidemic prevention and control.
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- Tailong Wang
- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, China
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- Veterinary Clinical Laboratory, College of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences, Linyi University, Linyi, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, College of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, China
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- Division of Zoonoses Surveillance, China Animal Health and Epidemiology Center, Qingdao, China
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Santander-Parra SH, Caza M, Nuñez L. Detection, Quantification and Molecular Characterization of Fowl Adenoviruses Circulating in Ecuadorian Chicken Flocks during 2019-2021. Vet Sci 2023; 10. [PMID: 36851419 DOI: 10.3390/vetsci10020115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2022] [Revised: 01/15/2023] [Accepted: 01/18/2023] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Fowl adenoviruses are a group of pathogens that cause large economic losses worldwide in the poultry industry, in addition to producing a wide range of diseases, such as IBH, HHS, and enteric and respiratory diseases. The objective of this study was to quantify, identify, and molecularly characterize the types of FAdV circulating in commercial poultry farms (broilers, breeders, and layers) in Ecuador from 2019 to 2021. Molecular characterization was performed by PCR, quantification by qPCR, and subsequent sequencing for each positive sample. The results indicated that the FAdV genotypes circulating in our country are FAdV-2/D2, FAdV-6/E1, FAdV-8a/E2, and FAdV-11/D3; the samples were grouped into different groups that contain sequences that were obtained from countries in Africa, Asia, and America, and that are found in birds at different ages, since early age where can cause different clinical signs, such as diarrhea, ruffled feathers and dwarfism. Therefore, these results indicate that several genotypes of the virus are circulating in commercial poultry flocks, suggesting that biosecurity measures on farms should be improved, in addition to carrying out new or improved vaccination plans.
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Cui N, Lu M, Sun S, Sun S, Xu C, Su S, Hrabchenko N, Huang Q. Illumina high-throughput sequencing for the genome of emerging fowl adenovirus D species and C species simultaneously. Poult Sci 2022; 102:102295. [PMID: 36436374 PMCID: PMC9706605 DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2022.102295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2022] [Revised: 10/13/2022] [Accepted: 10/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In recent years, clinical cases of inclusion body hepatitis (IBH) and hydropericardium syndrome (HPS) have been emerging and increasing in chicken flocks worldwide. Mixed infections with 2 or more fowl adenovirus (FAdV) serotypes were common in these cases. Herein, we collected a clinical sample that was positive for FAdV from 40-day-old broilers with IBH and HPS symptoms in Shandong province of China and determined the complete genome of FAdVs on the Illumina HiSeq4000 platform. The results showed that the sample contained 2 FAdV strains of D species and C species and named SD1763-1 and SD1763-2 respectively. The genome of SD1763-1 strain was 43,913 nt in length, with a G+C content of 53.51%, whereas SD1763-2 strain was 43,721 nt in length, with a G+C content of 54.87%. Sequence alignment and phylogenetic analysis revealed that strain SD1763-1 was clustered together with serotype 2/11 of FAdV-D, and SD1763-2 was clustered together with FAdV-4. There is no recombination between the genomes of the 2 viruses of FAdV-D and FAdV-C in the present study. This is the first report of obtaining 2 genomic sequences of FAdV strains simultaneously by direct use of deep sequencing in one clinical individual chicken sample, which provided direct evidence for mixed infections of adenovirus serotypes in the clinic and enriched the genome data to explore the geographic biomarkers and virulence signatures of the genus Aviadenovirus.
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- Ning Cui
- Shandong Key Laboratory of Animal Disease Control and Breeding; Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, PR China,Key Laboratory of Livestock and Poultry Multi-omics of MARA, PR China
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- Weifang Engineering Vocational College, Qingzhou, China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Animal Disease Control and Breeding; Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, PR China,Key Laboratory of Livestock and Poultry Multi-omics of MARA, PR China,Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Animal Disease Control and Breeding; Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, PR China,Key Laboratory of Livestock and Poultry Multi-omics of MARA, PR China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Animal Disease Control and Breeding; Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, PR China,Key Laboratory of Livestock and Poultry Multi-omics of MARA, PR China
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- Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, China,Corresponding author:
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Animal Disease Control and Breeding; Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, PR China,Key Laboratory of Livestock and Poultry Multi-omics of MARA, PR China
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- Shandong Key Laboratory of Animal Disease Control and Breeding; Institute of Animal Science and Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Jinan, PR China,Key Laboratory of Livestock and Poultry Multi-omics of MARA, PR China
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Liu X, Zou X, Zhang W, Guo X, Wang M, Lv Y, Hung T, Lu Z. No Genus-Specific Gene Is Essential for the Replication of Fowl Adenovirus 4 in Chicken LMH Cells. Microbiol Spectr 2022; 10:e0047022. [PMID: 35638786 PMCID: PMC9241798 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.00470-22] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2022] [Accepted: 04/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Essential genus-specific genes have not been discovered for fowl adenovirus (FAdV), which hampers the development of FAdV-based vectors and attenuated FAdV vaccines. Reverse genetics approaches were employed to construct FAdV-4 mutants carrying deletions or frameshift mutations covering the whole left and right ends of the viral genome. The results of virus rescue and plaque forming experiments illustrated that all the 22 designated ORFs (open reading frames) were dispensable for the replication of FAdV-4 in chicken hepatoma Leghorn male hepatoma (LMH) cells and primary embryo hepatocytes. RNA-seq data demonstrated that ORF28 and ORF29 were not protein-encoding genes, and suggested a promoter (RP1) and an intron in these regions, respectively. The promoter activity of RP1 was further confirmed by reporter gene expression experiments. GAM-1-deleted FAdV-4 formed small plaques, while deletion of GAM-1 together with ORF22 resulted in even smaller ones in LMH cells. Simultaneous deletion of ORF28, ORF29, and GAM-1 led to growth defect of FAdV-4. These facts implied that genus-specific genes contributed to and synergistically affected viral replication, although no single one was essential. Notably, replication of FAdV-4 mutants could be different in vitro and in vivo. XGAM1-CX19A, a GAM-1-deleted FAdV-4 that replicated efficiently in LMH cells, did not kill chicken embryos because virus propagation took place at a very low level in vivo. This work laid a solid foundation for FAdV-4 vector construction as well as vaccine development, and would benefit viral gene function study. IMPORTANCE Identification of viral essential genes is important for adenoviral vector construction. Deletion of nonessential genes enlarges cloning capacity, deletion of essential genes makes a replication-defective vector, and expression of essential genes in trans generates a virus packaging cell line. However, the genus-specific essential genes in FAdV have not been identified. We constructed adenoviral plasmid carrying deletions covering all 22 genus-specific ORFs of FAdV-4, and found that all virus mutants could be rescued and amplified in chicken LMH cells except those that had defects in key promoter activity. These genus-specific genes affected virus growth, but no single one was indispensable. Dysfunction of several genus-specific genes at the same time could make FAdV-4 vectors replication-defective. In addition, the growth of FAdV-4 mutants could be different in LMH cells and in chicken embryos, suggesting the possibility of constructing attenuated FAdV-4 vaccines.
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- Xinglong Liu
- College of Marine Science and Biological Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, Shandong, China
- State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
- School of Laboratory Medicine, Weifang Medical University, Weifang, Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- College of Marine Science and Biological Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao, Shandong, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing, China
- Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention–Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Joint Research Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases and Biosafety, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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Gonzalez-Astudillo V, Navarro MA, Armien AG, Rejmanek D, Crossley B, Moore J, Uzal FA. Necrotizing Salpingitis by Fowl Adenovirus in a Backyard Hen. Avian Dis 2022; 66:220-224. [PMID: 35510474 DOI: 10.1637/aviandiseases-d-21-00119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2021] [Accepted: 03/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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A 3-yr-old Ameraucana hen was received for postmortem examination following a 1-day history of lethargy and death. Gross lesions observed during necropsy were limited to pulmonary congestion and a small clump of egg yolk material in the oviductal lumen. On histopathology, there was a necrotizing salpingitis of the infundibular and isthmus mucosa with amphophilic, intranuclear inclusion bodies in superficial epithelial cells. Transmission electron microscopy identified the intranuclear inclusions as aggregates of adenovirus virions. Fowl adenovirus (FAdV) type A was identified with PCR and sequencing. Although the cause of death was not determined in this case, this is the first report of FAdV type A-associated salpingitis in a hen.
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- Viviana Gonzalez-Astudillo
- School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, Gatton campus, Gatton, Queensland, Australia, 4343,
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- Instituto de Patología Animal, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile, 5090000
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- California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory, University of California-Davis, Davis, California, USA, 92408
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- California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory, University of California-Davis, Davis, California, USA, 92408
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- California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory, University of California-Davis, Davis, California, USA, 92408
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- California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory, University of California-Davis, San Bernardino, California, USA, 95616
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- California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory, University of California-Davis, San Bernardino, California, USA, 95616
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Schachner A, De Luca C, Heidl S, Hess M. Recombinantly Expressed Chimeric Fibers Demonstrate Discrete Type-Specific Neutralizing Epitopes in the Fowl Aviadenovirus E (FAdV-E) Fiber, Promoting the Optimization of FAdV Fiber Subunit Vaccines towards Cross-Protection in vivo. Microbiol Spectr 2022;:e0212321. [PMID: 35044206 DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.02123-21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Vaccines against inclusion body hepatitis in chickens are complicated by the involvement of antigenically diverse fowl adenovirus types. Though immunization with fiber protein confers robust protection, type specificity of fiber antibodies is an obstacle for the desired broad coverage. In this study, we utilized information on multiple linear epitopes predicted in the Fowl Aviadenovirus E (FAdV-E) fiber head (knob) to develop chimeric fibers with an exchange between two serotypes’ sequences, each containing proposed epitopes. Two consecutive segments pertaining to amino acid positions 1 to 441 and 442 to 525/523 in the fibers of FAdV-8a and -8b, types of Fowl Aviadenovirus E that cause inclusion body hepatitis, were swapped reciprocally to result in novel chimeras, crecFib-8a/8b and crecFib-8b/8a. crecFib was indistinguishable from monospecific recombinant fibers in its eactivity with different FAdV antisera in Western blotting. However, contrary to the results for monospecific fibers, crecFib induced cross-neutralizing antibodies against both serotypes in chickens. This demonstrates three nonidentical epitopes in the FAdV-E fiber, the conserved epitope detected in Western blotting and at least two epitopes participating in neutralization, being type specific and located opposite residue position 441-442. Furthermore, we supply conformational evidence for a site in the fiber knob with accessibility critical for neutralization. With such an extended neutralization spectrum compared to those of individual fibers, crecFib was anticipated to fulfill and even extend the mechanistic basis of fiber-mediated protection toward bivalent coverage. Accordingly, crecFib, administered as a single-antigen component, protected chickens simultaneously against challenge with FAdV-8a or -8b, demonstrated by up-to-complete resistance to clinical disease, prevention of target organ-related changes, and significant reduction of viral load. IMPORTANCE The control of inclusion body hepatitis, a disease of economic importance for chicken production worldwide, is complicated by an etiology involving multiple divergent fowl adenovirus types. The fiber protein is principally efficacious in inducing neutralizing and protective antibodies in vaccinated chickens; however, it faces limitations due to its intrinsic type specificity for neutralization. In this study, based on an in silico-guided prediction of multiple epitopes in the fowl adenovirus fiber head’s loops, we designed chimeric proteins, swapping N- and C-distal fiber portions, each containing putative epitopes, between divergent types FAdV-8a and -8b. In in vitro and in vivo studies, the chimeric fiber displayed extended properties compared to those of individual monotype-specific fibers, allowing the number, distribution, functionality, and conformational bearings of epitopes of the fowl adenovirus fiber to be characterized in more detail. Importantly, the chimeric fiber induced cross-neutralizing antibodies and protective responses in chickens against infections by both serotypes, promoting the advancement of broadly protective subunit vaccination strategies against FAdV.
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Yamaguchi M, Miyaoka Y, Hasan MA, Kabir MH, Shoham D, Murakami H, Takehara K. Isolation and molecular characterization of fowl adenovirus and avian reovirus from breeder chickens in Japan in 2019-2021. J Vet Med Sci 2021; 84:238-243. [PMID: 34980758 PMCID: PMC8920717 DOI: 10.1292/jvms.21-0616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Fowl adenoviruses (FAdVs) and avian reoviruses (ARVs) are ubiquitous in poultry farms and most of them are not pathogenic, often cause damage to chicks. A total of 104 chicken fecal samples were collected from 7 farms of breeder chickens (layers and broilers) in Japan from 2019 to 2021, and yielded 26 FAdV plus 14 ARV isolates. By sequencing, FAdV isolates were classified as FAdV-1, 5 and 8b. ARV isolates were classified as genotype II, IV and V. These results suggest that FAdVs and ARVs are resident in the breeder chicken farms in Japan.
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- Makiko Yamaguchi
- Laboratory of Animal Health, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
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- Laboratory of Animal Health, Cooperative Division of Veterinary Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
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- Laboratory of Animal Health, Cooperative Division of Veterinary Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
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- Laboratory of Animal Health, Cooperative Division of Veterinary Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
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- Bar-Ilan University, Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies
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- Laboratory of Animal Health, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology.,Laboratory of Animal Health, Cooperative Division of Veterinary Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
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- Laboratory of Animal Health, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology.,Laboratory of Animal Health, Cooperative Division of Veterinary Sciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
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Hou L, Su Q, Zhang Y, Liu D, Mao Y, Zhao P. Development of a PCR-based dot blot assay for the detection of fowl adenovirus. Poult Sci 2021; 101:101540. [PMID: 34823181 PMCID: PMC8626688 DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2021.101540] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2021] [Revised: 09/27/2021] [Accepted: 10/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Group-I Fowl adenovirus (FAdV) is still widespread in China's chicken farms, leading to huge economic losses. The traditional PCR method, which can detect all serotypes at the same time, is not sensitive enough to obtain accurate results, especially in some samples containing only a low titer of virus, such as contaminated live vaccine. In order to solve this problem, this study developed a dot blot assay based on the above PCR method. A total of 6 probes targeting the conserved region of FAdV were designed and systematically optimized through sensitivity, accuracy, and stability analyses. Results showed that it is not only suitable for 12 serotypes, but also effectively improve the sensitivity, which increased more than 100 times in comparison with PCR assay. Moreover, this sensitivity was increased 100 times when detecting contaminated live vaccine samples, showing the great prospect of this method in daily monitoring.
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- Lidan Hou
- China Institute of Veterinary Drug Control, Beijing 100081, China; College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong 271001, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong 271001, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong 271001, China.
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Liu J, Shi X, Lv L, Wang K, Yang Z, Li Y, Chen H. Characterization of Co-infection With Fowl Adenovirus Serotype 4 and 8a. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:771805. [PMID: 34803992 PMCID: PMC8595916 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.771805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2021] [Accepted: 10/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Fowl adenoviruses (FAdVs), which are distributed worldwide, have caused considerable economic losses to poultry farms. Co-infection with FAdVs and other avian pathogens has been reported previously. However, the pathogenicity of different serotypes of FAdVs causing co-infection remains unclear. Herein, strain HN from FAdV species C serotype 4 (FAdV-4) and strain AH720 from species E serotype 8a (FAdV-8a) were used to assess the pathogenicity of their co-infection in specific-pathogen-free (SPF) chickens. Compared with chickens infected with FAdV-4 alone, those co-infected with FAdV-4 and FAdV-8a showed similar clinical symptoms, mortality rates and degree of tissue lesions, and notably decreased viral loads of HN. Conversely, the viral loads of AH720 increased markedly in the co-infection group compared with that in chickens infected with AH720 strain alone. Increased viral loads of AH720 in the liver were suspected to contribute to the pathogenicity of chickens co-infected with the HN and AH720 strains. This was further investigated by histopathology and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick-end labeling (TUNEL) staining analyses. Collectively, these data indicated that co-infection with FAdV-4 and FAdV-8a suppresses the replication and proliferation of FAdV-4 but enhances the replication and proliferation of FAdV-8a in chicken liver. This study will provide valuable information for the further investigation of the interactions between FAdV-4 and FAdV-8a during co-infection.
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- Jingyi Liu
- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, China
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Mo J. Historical Investigation of Fowl Adenovirus Outbreaks in South Korea from 2007 to 2021: A Comprehensive Review. Viruses 2021; 13:2256. [PMID: 34835062 PMCID: PMC8621494 DOI: 10.3390/v13112256] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2021] [Revised: 11/07/2021] [Accepted: 11/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Fowl adenoviruses (FAdVs) have long been recognized as critical viral pathogens within the poultry industry, associated with severe economic implications worldwide. This specific group of viruses is responsible for a broad spectrum of diseases in birds, and an increasing occurrence of outbreaks was observed in the last ten years. Since their first discovery forty years ago in South Korea, twelve antigenically distinct serotypes of fowl adenoviruses have been described. This comprehensive review covers the history of fowl adenovirus outbreaks in South Korea and updates the current epidemiological landscape of serotype diversity and replacement as well as challenges in developing effective broadly protective vaccines. In addition, transitions in the prevalence of dominant fowl adenovirus serotypes from 2007 to 2021, alongside the history of intervention strategies, are brought into focus. Finally, future aspects are also discussed.
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- Jongseo Mo
- US National Poultry Research Center, Exotic & Emerging Avian Viral Diseases Research, Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 934 College Station Rd., Athens, GA 30605, USA
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Bertran K, Blanco A, Antilles N, Nofrarías M, Valle RM, Cobos À, Ramis A, Biarnés M, Majó N. A 10-Year Retrospective Study of Inclusion Body Hepatitis in Meat-Type Chickens in Spain (2011-2021). Viruses 2021; 13:2170. [PMID: 34834976 DOI: 10.3390/v13112170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2021] [Revised: 10/25/2021] [Accepted: 10/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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A surge in fowl adenovirus (FAdV) causing inclusion body hepatitis (IBH) outbreaks has occurred in several countries in the last two decades. In Spain, a sharp increase in case numbers in broilers and broiler breeder pullets arose since 2011, which prompted the vaccination of breeders in some regions. Our retrospective study of IBH cases in Spain from 2011 to 2021 revealed that most cases were reported in broilers (92.21%) and were caused by serotypes FAdV-8b and -11, while cases in broiler breeder pullets were caused by serotypes FAdV-2, -11, and -8b. Vertical transmission was the main route of infection, although horizontal transmission likely happened in some broiler cases. Despite the inconsistent and heterogeneous use of vaccines among regions and over time, the number of cases mirrored the use of vaccines in the country. While IBH outbreaks were recorded year-long, significantly more cases occurred during the cooler and rainier months. The geographic distribution suggested a widespread incidence of IBH and revealed the importance of a highly integrated system. Our findings contribute to a better understanding of FAdV infection dynamics under field conditions and reiterate the importance of surveillance, serological monitoring of breeders, and vaccination of breeders against circulating serotypes to protect progenies.
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Mase M, Hiramatsu K, Nishijima N, Iguchi H, Honda S, Hanyu S, Iseki H, Watanabe S. Fowl Adenoviruses Type 8b Isolated from Chickens with Inclusion Body Hepatitis in Japan. Avian Dis 2021; 64:330-334. [PMID: 33205180 DOI: 10.1637/aviandiseases-d-20-00028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2020] [Accepted: 06/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Fowl adenovirus (FAdV) type 8b isolated from chickens with inclusion body hepatitis (IBH) in Japan from 2018 to 2019 were characterized serologically and genetically. Serologically, all isolates were well neutralized by antisera against the FAdV-8b strain, but they were not neutralized by antisera against the FAdV-8a strain. Phylogenetic analysis of the part of the hexon protein gene that includes the L1 region revealed that these isolates were all identical. They were also identical to foreign strains such as the SD1356 strain isolated in China and belonged to FAdV-8b. Furthermore, the 2018-19 Japanese IBH 8b isolates were genetically identical to the SD1356 strain by phylogenetic analysis of fiber genes, but they were different from previous Japanese 8b strains. These findings suggest that the 2018-19 Japanese IBH isolates might have been introduced from other countries.
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- Masaji Mase
- National Institute of Animal Health, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), 3-1-5 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0856, Japan.,United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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- Oita Livestock Hygiene Service Center of Oita Prefecture, 442 Onozuru, Oita, Oita 870-1153, Japan
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- Seibu Livestock Hygiene Service Center of Shizuoka Prefecture, 392 Nakagori, Higashiku, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 431-3111, Japan
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- Tokushima Livestock Hygiene Service Center of Tokushima Prefecture, 5-94, Minamisyoumachi, Tokushima 770-0045, Japan
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- Chuo Livestock Hygiene Service Center of Kumamoto Prefecture, 1666-1 shizume Jonanmachi, Kumamoto, Kumamoto 861-4215, Japan
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- Chuo Livestock Hygiene Service Center of Niigata Prefecture, 686 Hataya, Nishikan, Niigata, Niigata 959-0423, Japan
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- National Institute of Animal Health, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), 3-1-5 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0856, Japan
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- National Institute of Animal Health, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO), 3-1-5 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0856, Japan
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Fibre is the viral protein that mediates the attachment and infection of adenovirus to the host cell. Fowl adenovirus 4 (FAdV-4) possesses two different fibre trimers on each penton capsomere, and roles of the separate fibres remain elusive. Here, we attempted to investigate the function of FAdV-4 fibres by using reverse genetics approaches. Adenoviral plasmids carrying fiber1 or fiber2 mutant genes were constructed and used to transfect chicken LMH cells. Fiber1-mutated recombinant virus could not be rescued. Such defective phenotype was complemented when a fiber1-bearing helper plasmid was included for co-transfection. The infection of fiber-intact FAdV-4 (FAdV4-GFP) to LMH cells could be blocked with purified fiber1 knob protein in a dose-dependent manner, while purifed fiber2 knob had no such function. On the contrary, fiber2-mutated FAdV-4, FAdV4XF2-GFP, was successfully rescued. The results of one-step growth curves showed that proliferative capacity of FAdV4XF2-GFP was 10 times lower than that of the control FAdV4-GFP. FAdV4XF2-GFP also caused fewer deaths of infected chicken embryos than FAdV4-GFP did, which resulted from poorer virus replication in vivo. These data illustrated that fiber1 mediated virus adsorption and was essential for FAdV-4, while fiber2 was dispensable although it significantly contributed to the virulence.
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- Xiaohui Zou
- NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Virology and Viral Diseases, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100052, PR China
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- Key Laboratory of Diagnosis and Treatment of Digestive System Tumors of Zhejiang Province, Hwa Mei Hospital, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Ningbo 315010, PR China.,NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Virology and Viral Diseases, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100052, PR China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Virology and Viral Diseases, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100052, PR China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Virology and Viral Diseases, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100052, PR China
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- College of Marine Science and Biological Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, PR China.,NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Virology and Viral Diseases, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100052, PR China
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- NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Virology and Viral Diseases, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100052, PR China
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- Center for Biosafety Mega-Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, PR China.,Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention-Wuhan Institute of Virology, Chinese Academy of Sciences Joint Research Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases and Biosafety, Wuhan 430071, PR China.,NHC Key Laboratory of Medical Virology and Viral Diseases, National Institute for Viral Disease Control and Prevention, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 100052, PR China
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Kiss I, Homonnay ZG, Mató T, Bányai K, Palya V. Research Note: An overview on distribution of fowl adenoviruses. Poult Sci 2021; 100:101052. [PMID: 33773159 PMCID: PMC8025051 DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2021.101052] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2020] [Revised: 02/02/2021] [Accepted: 02/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Fowl adenoviruses (FAdV), detected during routine diagnostic investigations from 38 countries (5 continents) over a decade, were partially sequenced and grouped by phylogenetic analysis. The partial polymerase gene nucleotide sequences of the 365 fowl adenovirus isolates resulted in the following species distribution: 11% FAdV-A; 3% FAdV-B; 2% FAdV-C; 34% FAdV-D; and 50% FAdV-E. Noticeably, only 79 of the detected strains could be associated with adenovirus-specific pathologic conditions: 62 (79%) with inclusion body hepatitis; 9 (11%) with gizzard erosion; and 8 (10%) with hepatitis hydropericardium syndrome. The remainder of the FAdV strains was detected as concomitant infection from other disease conditions almost exclusively in boilers of 27 to 42 d of age: the majority of them was FAdV-E followed by FAdV-D, and to a lesser extent of FAdV-A, B, and C, the latter ones have not been associated with any of the established adenovirus-caused syndromes in our collection. The highest ratio of coinfections was observed for FAdV-B (62%), while it was about 30% for the rest of the FAdV species. The most frequent coinfection, in connection with all FAdV species, was with the avian infectious bronchitis virus. The presented database will serve as the basis for comparative whole genome and cross-neutralization analysis of selected FAdV isolates.
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- I Kiss
- Scientific Support and Investigation Unit, Ceva-Phylaxia Ltd., H-1107 Budapest, Hungary.
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- Scientific Support and Investigation Unit, Ceva-Phylaxia Ltd., H-1107 Budapest, Hungary
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- Scientific Support and Investigation Unit, Ceva-Phylaxia Ltd., H-1107 Budapest, Hungary
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- Institute for Veterinary Medical Research, Centre for Agricultural Research, H-1143 Budapest, Hungary
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- Scientific Support and Investigation Unit, Ceva-Phylaxia Ltd., H-1107 Budapest, Hungary
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Mirzazadeh A, Grafl B, Berger E, Schachner A, Hess M. Longitudinal Serological Monitoring of Commercial Broiler Breeders for Fowl Adenoviruses (FAdVs)-Presence of Antibodies Is Linked with Virus Excretion. Avian Dis 2020; 65:177-187. [PMID: 34339138 DOI: 10.1637/aviandiseases-d-20-00107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2020] [Accepted: 12/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
Abstract
Currently, the poultry industry worldwide is facing an emerging trend of fowl adenovirus (FAdV)-associated diseases with a significant economic impact, especially in meat-type chickens. Vertical transmission is an important feature of all FAdVs; hence, preventive measures mostly revolve around breeding stocks. However, knowledge about temporal development of FAdV infections in modern commercial settings is rare or even nonexistent. In the present study, longitudinal monitoring for FAdV was conducted in broiler breeder flocks located in a confined geographical region with intensive poultry production in Iran. For this, the antibody status of birds from 4 to 32 wk of age was monitored with a commercial FAdV-ELISA and virus neutralization test (VNT). In parallel, fecal shedding of FAdV was determined at the peak of egg production with real-time PCR and virus isolation. Overall, the commercial ELISA showed seroconversion of flocks before onset of production. VNT resolved in detail infection patterns of individual serotypes with a primordial FAdV-D (FAdV-2/-11) infection, frequently followed by FAdV-E (FAdV-8a, -8b) superinfection. FAdV-A (FAdV-1) was traced in half of the investigated flocks, while no evidence of infection with FAdV-C (FAdV-4, -10) was noted. Common serological profiles between different houses of the same farm indicate an overarching biosecurity. Serological profiles coupled with virological findings at the peak of egg production indicated that higher antibody levels, determined by ELISA, correlated with lower amounts of viral DNA in fecal excretion. Simultaneously, the number of isolated FAdVs belonging to distinct serotypes declined in accordance with a rise of neutralizing antibodies in birds, underlining the significance of serotype-specific antibodies in the epidemiology of FAdV in breeders. Investigations in breeders were complemented with screening of FAdV-associated diseases in local broilers over a 3-yr period; 26 cases of inclusion body hepatitis with dominant involvement of FAdV-11/FAdV-8b, one outbreak of adenoviral gizzard erosion related to FAdV-1, and no evidence of hepatitis-hydropericardium syndrome suggest that identical serotypes are maintained in the local poultry industry.
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- Amin Mirzazadeh
- Department of Clinical Studies, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran, .,Clinic for Poultry and Fish Medicine, Department for Farm Animals and Veterinary Public Health, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Veterinaerplatz 1, 1210 Vienna, Austria
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- Clinic for Poultry and Fish Medicine, Department for Farm Animals and Veterinary Public Health, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Veterinaerplatz 1, 1210 Vienna, Austria
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- Clinic for Poultry and Fish Medicine, Department for Farm Animals and Veterinary Public Health, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Veterinaerplatz 1, 1210 Vienna, Austria
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- Christian Doppler Laboratory for Innovative Poultry Vaccines (IPOV), Veterinaerplatz 1, 1210 Vienna, Austria
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- Clinic for Poultry and Fish Medicine, Department for Farm Animals and Veterinary Public Health, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Veterinaerplatz 1, 1210 Vienna, Austria.,Christian Doppler Laboratory for Innovative Poultry Vaccines (IPOV), Veterinaerplatz 1, 1210 Vienna, Austria
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Śmiałek M, Gesek M, Dziewulska D, Niczyporuk JS, Koncicki A. Transmissible Viral Proventriculitis Caused by Chicken ProVentricular Necrosis Virus Displaying Serological Cross-Reactivity with IBDV. Animals (Basel) 2020; 11:ani11010008. [PMID: 33374720 PMCID: PMC7822447 DOI: 10.3390/ani11010008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2020] [Revised: 12/17/2020] [Accepted: 12/20/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Transmissible viral proventriculitis (TVP) of chickens is manifested in decreased body weight gains, poor feed conversion and weight diversity. Although TVP etiology has not been defined, a Birnaviridae family member, named chicken proventricular necrosis virus (CPNV) is considered as a potential factor of a disease. This study was undertaken in order to reproduce TVP and to evaluate its etiology. Broiler chickens of the TVP-infected group were inoculated with TVP positive proventriculi homogenate on the 24th day of life. Samples were collected, on infection day and 14 days post-infection (dpi). The 14 dpi anatomo- and histopathological evaluation, revealed that we have succeeded to reproduce TVP. TVP-infected birds gained 30.38% less body weight. In the TVP-infected group a seroconversion against picornaviruses, fowl adenoviruses (FAdV) and infectious bursal disease viruses (IBDV) was recorded with an ELISA test. Using RT-PCR and PCR, CPNV was detected in proventriculi and FAdV in spleens and livers of infected birds, 14 dpi. Our study supports that CPNV is involved in the development of TVP. We did not record the presence of IBDV in TVP or control birds, despite our recording of a seroconversion against IBDV in TVP infected birds. CPNV and IBDV belong to the same family, which allows us to assume serological cross-reactivity between them. The role of FAdV needs further evaluation.
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- Marcin Śmiałek
- Department of Avian Disease, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Warmia and Mazury, ul. Oczapowskiego 13/14, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland; (D.D.); (A.K.)
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Pathological Anatomy, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Warmia and Mazury, ul. Oczapowskiego 13, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland;
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- Department of Avian Disease, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Warmia and Mazury, ul. Oczapowskiego 13/14, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland; (D.D.); (A.K.)
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- Department of Poultry Diseases, National Veterinary Research Institute in Puławy, 57 Partyzantów Avenue, 24-100 Puławy, Poland;
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- Department of Avian Disease, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Warmia and Mazury, ul. Oczapowskiego 13/14, 10-719 Olsztyn, Poland; (D.D.); (A.K.)
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Mase M, Hiramatsu K, Nishijima N, Iseki H, Watanabe S. Identification of specific serotypes of fowl adenoviruses isolated from diseased chickens by PCR. J Vet Med Sci 2020; 83:130-133. [PMID: 33311002 PMCID: PMC7870399 DOI: 10.1292/jvms.20-0400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
Abstract
We have developed a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay to facilitate detection of the major disease-associated serotypes of fowl adenovirus (FAdV) including
serotypes 1, 2, 4, 8a and 8b; primers were designed based on serotype-specific sequences of the hexon gene. We tested field isolates from chickens diagnosed
with inclusion body hepatitis, gizzard erosion and hydropericardium syndrome together with reference FAdV strains characterized in Japan. We found that the
primers were serotype specific; appropriate amplification of serotype-specific hexon genes was confirmed by sequence analysis of the PCR products. This PCR
assay will be useful for detection of FAdV and for differentiation between disease-associated serotypes.
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- Masaji Mase
- Division of Viral Disease and Epidemiology, National Institute of Animal Health, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, 3-1-5 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0856, Japan.,United Graduate School of Veterinary Sciences, Gifu University, 1-1 Yanagido, Gifu, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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- Oita Livestock Hygiene Service Center of Oita Prefecture, 442 Onozuru, Harao, Oita, Oita 870-1153, Japan
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- Chubu Livestock Hygiene Service Center of Shizuoka Prefecture, 1120-1 Noda, Shimada, Shizuoka 427-0007, Japan
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- Division of Viral Disease and Epidemiology, National Institute of Animal Health, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, 3-1-5 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0856, Japan
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- Division of Viral Disease and Epidemiology, National Institute of Animal Health, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, 3-1-5 Kannondai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0856, Japan
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Park DH, Lee HC, Youn HN, Ju HS, Kim KJ, Go SH, Lee DY, Lee JB, Lee SW, Song CS. Genetic Characterization and Pathogenicity Analysis of Recently Isolated Fowl Adenovirus 8b in Korea. Avian Dis 2020; 65:122-131. [PMID: 34339131 DOI: 10.1637/aviandiseases-d-20-00097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/16/2020] [Accepted: 11/05/2020] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
Abstract
A Korean field strain of fowl adenovirus (FAdV) 8b was isolated from chickens showing high mortality. Isolated FAdV-8b strains with the hexon and fiber genes were genetically analyzed. The Korean FAdV-8b (K194/19) strain isolated in 2019 showed higher sequence identity with the FAdV-8b strain isolated in China but lower sequence identity with the Korean FAdV-8b (K187/08) strain isolated in 2008. The K194/19 strain formed a distinct subcluster within the FAdV-8b cluster in a phylogenetic tree based on hexon and fiber genes. FAdV can infect day-old chicks through vertical transmission, and so blood samples were obtained from 54-, 60-, and 63-wk-old parent chickens. FAdV-specific antibody levels were investigated with ELISA and virus neutralization (VN) tests with the K194/19 and K187/08 strains as antigens. In VN tests, all sera neutralized the K187/08 strain. However, the K194/19 strain was neutralized by sera collected from 60- and 63-wk-old chickens but not sera obtained from 54-wk-old chickens, indicating natural infection. Finally, to determine the pathogenicity of the K194/19 strain, 1-day-old and 4-wk-old specific-pathogen-free birds were infected with the K194/19 and K187/08 strains. No significant difference in pathogenicity was observed between the two strains. Although the K194/19 strain showed similar pathogenicity with the K187/08 strain, differences in nucleotide and amino acid sequences of the hexon and fiber genes may determine the evasion ability of the K187/08 neutralizing antibody, indicating the need for development of a novel FAdV vaccine.
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- Dam-Hee Park
- Avian Disease Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
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- Avian Disease Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
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- KCAV Co., Ltd., Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
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- KCAV Co., Ltd., Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
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- KCAV Co., Ltd., Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
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- KCAV Co., Ltd., Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
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- Avian Disease Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
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- Avian Disease Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
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- Avian Disease Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea, .,KCAV Co., Ltd., Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
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Franzo G, Prentza Z, Paparounis T, Tsiouris V, Centonze G, Legnardi M, Catelli E, Tucciarone CM, Koutoulis K, Cecchinato M. Molecular epidemiology of fowl adenoviruses in Greece. Poult Sci 2020; 99:5983-5990. [PMID: 33142516 PMCID: PMC7647729 DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2020.07.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2020] [Revised: 06/09/2020] [Accepted: 07/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Outbreaks of inclusion body hepatitis (IBH) and adenoviral gizzard erosion have been anecdotally reported in Greece since approximately 2011. However, a relevant increase in clinical outbreaks compatible with IBH has been described since 2014. Unfortunately, with limited exceptions, only serological assays were performed, and involved strains were not properly characterized. In the present study, 35 outbreaks were investigated in the period between July 2017 and February 2018 in Greece. In addition to clinical and histopathological diagnosis, fowl adenovirus (FAdV) presence was investigated by PCR and sequencing. Thirty-four out of 35 samples tested FAdV positive. Twenty-nine (85.29%) and 5 (14.71%) strains were classified as FAdV-E and FAdV-D, respectively. Fowl adenovirus-E strains were genetically homogeneous and formed an independent cluster of Greek-only sequences, including the sole previously available sequence, suggesting the prolonged circulation of this species in Greece. On the contrary, FAdV-D strains were more heterogeneous and closely related to strains sampled in other European countries, testifying the occurrence of multiple introduction events. The evaluation of phylogenetic relationships, geographic clustering, age of infection, and origin of the broiler breeder flocks suggests that both vertical and horizontal transmission are important in FAdV epidemiology in Greece and highlights the limited efficacy of currently implemented control measures. Of note, a significantly higher mortality was observed in precociously infected flocks, likely because of the higher susceptibility of younger animals. This evidence stresses the need of preventing vertical and/or early infection to limit the economic impact of adenovirus-induced diseases.
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- Giovanni Franzo
- Department of Animal Medicine, Production and Health, University of Padua 35020, Legnaro, Italy.
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- Department of Poultry Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Thessaly, Karditsa, Greece; Agricultural Poultry Cooperation of Ioannina "PINDOS", Rodotopi, Ioannina, Greece.
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- Agricultural Poultry Cooperation of Ioannina "PINDOS", Rodotopi, Ioannina, Greece
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- Agricultural Poultry Cooperation of Ioannina "PINDOS", Rodotopi, Ioannina, Greece; Unit of Avian Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Animal Medicine, Production and Health, University of Padua 35020, Legnaro, Italy
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- Department of Animal Medicine, Production and Health, University of Padua 35020, Legnaro, Italy
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- Department of Veterinary Medical Sciences, University of Bologna 40064, Ozzano dell'Emilia, Italy
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- Department of Poultry Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Thessaly, Karditsa, Greece
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- Department of Animal Medicine, Production and Health, University of Padua 35020, Legnaro, Italy
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Mei C, Xian H, Blackall PJ, Hu W, Zhang X, Wang H. Concurrent infection of Avibacterium paragallinarum and fowl adenovirus in layer chickens. Poult Sci 2020; 99:6525-6532. [PMID: 33248567 PMCID: PMC7704954 DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2020.09.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2020] [Revised: 08/20/2020] [Accepted: 09/11/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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The diagnosis of a concurrent infection of Avibacterium paragallinarum and fowl adenovirus (FAdV) in an infectious coryza–like outbreak in the outskirt of Beijing is reported. The primary signs of the infection were acute respiratory signs, a drop in egg production, and the presence of hydropericardium–hepatitis syndrome–like gross lesions. Laboratory examination confirmed the presence of A. paragallinarum by bacterial isolation and a species-specific PCR test. In addition, conventional serotyping identified the isolates as Page serovar A. Fowl adenovirus was isolated from chicken liver specimen and identified by hexon gene amplification. In addition, histopathologic analysis and transmission electron microscopy examination further confirmed the presence of the virus. Both hexon gene sequencing and phylogenetic analysis defined the viral isolate as FAdV-4. The pathogenic role of A. paragallinarum and FAdV was evaluated by experimental infection of specific-pathogen-free chickens. The challenge trial showed that combined A. paragallinarum and FAdV infection resulted in more severe clinical signs than that by FAdV infection alone. The concurrent infection caused 50% mortality compared with 40% mortality by FAdV infection alone and zero mortality by A. paragallinarum infection alone. To our knowledge, this is the first report of A. paragallinarum coinfection with FAdV. The case implies that concurrent infections with these 2 agents do occur and more attention should be given to the potential of multiple agents during disease diagnosis and treatment.
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- Chen Mei
- Beijing Key Laboratory for Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases in Livestock and Poultry, Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Beijing Municipal Academy of Agriculture and Forestry, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases in Livestock and Poultry, Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Beijing Municipal Academy of Agriculture and Forestry, Beijing, China
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- Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, Brisbane 4067, Australia
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases in Livestock and Poultry, Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Beijing Municipal Academy of Agriculture and Forestry, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases in Livestock and Poultry, Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Beijing Municipal Academy of Agriculture and Forestry, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Key Laboratory for Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases in Livestock and Poultry, Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Beijing Municipal Academy of Agriculture and Forestry, Beijing, China.
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Grafl B, Gaußmann B, Sulejmanovic T, Hess C, Hess M. Risks and disease aetiologies of compromised performance in commercial broilers kept at lower stocking density and limited antimicrobial use. Avian Pathol 2020; 49:621-630. [PMID: 32746625 DOI: 10.1080/03079457.2020.1805411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The health status of broilers raised at lower stocking density and limited antimicrobial use (but routine anticoccidials) was assessed in order to identify prevalent causes of disease, mortality and reduced performance. "Dead-on-farm"(DOF) broilers from 145 commercial flocks were investigated at two different time points (TP1:7-14 and TP2:28-35 days of age); per sampling, 6-10 DOF broilers were selected for post-mortem investigation and gross pathomorphological changes were assessed from 2717 birds in total. Post-mortem findings were substantiated by bacteriological, virological and parasitological investigations. Furthermore, production data of all flocks were collected and used to perform comprehensive statistical analysis. Overall, colibacillosis was found most important with a significant negative impact on flock health, productivity and profitability through all ages of broiler production. At TP1, primary reasons for mortality comprised yolk sac infections, generally found together with fibrinous polyserositis due to E. coli. Furthermore, femoral lesions, which correlated with increased flock mortality, were associated with detection of E. coli. At TP2, ascites was detected frequently in DOF broilers, correlating with increased production losses in the fourth and fifth weeks of life. No aetiological link between the presence of ascites and the detection of the investigated pathogens was observed, instead a positive correlation was noticed with altitude above sea level of the farm, and with the sex of the birds. Disease conditions could not be linked with the housing system. Presence of infectious bronchitis virus, avian reovirus and fowl adenovirus did not correlate with macroscopic lesions or a specific disease. RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS In young broilers lesions of visceral organs due to bacterial infections dominated. Colibacillosis impacts broiler health, productivity and profitability independent of the age of birds. Disorders of the locomotor system were frequently observed throughout production. Older broilers frequently showed pathologic changes due to metabolic disorders. Overall, a shift from infectious towards metabolic disease conditions was noticed.
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- Beatrice Grafl
- Department for Farm Animals and Veterinary Public Health, Clinic for Poultry and Fish Medicine, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department for Farm Animals and Veterinary Public Health, Clinic for Poultry and Fish Medicine, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department for Farm Animals and Veterinary Public Health, Clinic for Poultry and Fish Medicine, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department for Farm Animals and Veterinary Public Health, Clinic for Poultry and Fish Medicine, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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- Department for Farm Animals and Veterinary Public Health, Clinic for Poultry and Fish Medicine, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria
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Zhang J, Liu J, An D, Fan Y, Cheng Z, Tang Y, Diao Y. A novel recombinase polymerase amplification assay for rapid detection of epidemic fowl adenovirus. Poult Sci 2020; 99:6446-6453. [PMID: 33248559 PMCID: PMC7449135 DOI: 10.1016/j.psj.2020.08.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2020] [Revised: 07/28/2020] [Accepted: 08/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Fowl adenovirus (FAdV) has posed a grave threat to the health of poultry, and the sudden outbreak highlights the importance of the new rapid diagnostic method for the control and prevention of transmission. Hence, in the present study, a novel recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) assay, which was suitable for all 12 serotypes (FAdV-1 to 8a and 8b to 11) had been successfully launched to detect FAdV. Also, the entire amplification process could be completed in the isothermal condition when temperature ranged from 26 to 42°C within no more than 14 min, which was remarkably superior to endpoint polymerase chain reaction (98 min) with the same detecting sensitivity (as low as 0.1 fg viral DNA), avoiding sophisticated thermal cyclers with simple operation. Additionally, the same primers did not produce positive reactions with other viruses tested, demonstrating that the specificity of the RPA assay was acceptable. Moreover, this developed method could be efficiently used in the diagnosis of FAdV references and epidemic strains from different avian origins, thus making it a rapid, reliable, and point-of-care FAdV diagnostics tool, as well as an alternative to endpoint PCR.
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- Ji Zhang
- College of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong, 271018, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong, 271018, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong, 271018, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong, 271018, China
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong, 271018, China.
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong, 271018, China.
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- College of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong, 271018, China.
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Lv L, Lu H, Wang K, Shao H, Mei N, Ye JQ, Chen HJ. Emerging of a novel natural recombinant fowl adenovirus in China. Transbound Emerg Dis 2020; 68:283-288. [PMID: 32657542 DOI: 10.1111/tbed.13730] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2020] [Revised: 06/15/2020] [Accepted: 07/08/2020] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Outbreaks of hydropericardium syndrome and inclusion body hepatitis caused by fowl adenovirus (FAdV) have occurred in China since June 2015, resulting in significant economic loss to poultry industry. In this study, a novel FAdV, designated as AH720, with recombination among serotype FAdV-8a and FAdV-8b was isolated and characterized in China. Full genome analysis revealed that the AH720 has the genome backbone from FAdV-8b and the fibre gene from FAdV-8a. In an infection study, although AH720 was not lethal to chickens, AH720 did cause characteristic lesions of inclusion body hepatitis in the infected chickens. All these data not only provide strong evidences for the recombination among different serotype FAdVs, but also highlight the necessary for monitoring the molecular epidemiology of such recombinant FAdV to develop efficient strategies against FAdV.
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- Lu Lv
- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, China.,Key Laboratory of Jiangsu Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Key Laboratory for Avian Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Education, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- Key Laboratory of Jiangsu Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Key Laboratory for Avian Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Education, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China.,Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, China.,Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, The Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China.,Institutes of Agricultural Science and Technology Development, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Jiangsu Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Key Laboratory for Avian Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Education, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China.,Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, China.,Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, The Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China.,Institutes of Agricultural Science and Technology Development, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, China
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- Key Laboratory of Jiangsu Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Key Laboratory for Avian Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Education, College of Veterinary Medicine, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China.,Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, China.,Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, The Ministry of Education of China, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China.,Institutes of Agricultural Science and Technology Development, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, China
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- Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai, China
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Mirzazadeh A, Asasi K, Schachner A, Mosleh N, Liebhart D, Hess M, Grafl B. Gizzard Erosion Associated with Fowl Adenovirus Infection in Slaughtered Broiler Chickens in Iran. Avian Dis 2020; 63:568-576. [PMID: 31865670 DOI: 10.1637/aviandiseases-d-19-00069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2019] [Accepted: 06/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Gizzard erosions have been noticed in slaughtered broiler chickens during inspection at a processing plant in Iran. The condition was detected in piled gizzards derived from seven commercial broiler farms brought to slaughter on the same day. In total, 48 gizzards with lesions underwent thorough pathologic and virologic investigation. Perforation, roughening, and discoloration of the koilin layer as well as inflammation of the mucosa were observed macroscopically. Histologic examination showed dissociation of and cellular debris in the koilin layer accompanied by a loss and degeneration of glandular epithelium with mild to marked infiltration of inflammatory cells in the mucosa, submucosa, and muscular layer. Fowl adenovirus serotypes 1 (FAdV-1), 11 (FAdV-11), and 8a (FAdV-8a) were found in 13, 12, and 1 gizzard(s), respectively. Therein included were two gizzards that showed mixed infections with FAdV-1 and FAdV-11. Detailed analysis of the hexon gene revealed that the Iranian FAdV-1 isolates could be divided into two subclusters, more closely related to either the European (CELO) or the Asian (Ote) FAdV-1 reference strains. The present study, for the first time, describes not only the appearance of gizzard erosion but also the isolation of FAdV-1 and FAdV-8a from broilers in Iran and offers insights on the epidemiology of FAdV infection in Iranian flocks.
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- Amin Mirzazadeh
- Department of Clinical Studies, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran, 7144169155.,Clinic for Poultry and Fish Medicine, Department for Farm Animals and Veterinary Public Health, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Veterinaerplatz 1, 1210 Vienna, Austria A-1210
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- Department of Clinical Studies, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran, 7144169155
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- Christian Doppler Laboratory for Innovative Poultry Vaccines (IPOV), Veterinaerplatz 1, 1210 Vienna, Austria A-1210
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- Department of Clinical Studies, School of Veterinary Medicine, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran, 7144169155
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- Clinic for Poultry and Fish Medicine, Department for Farm Animals and Veterinary Public Health, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Veterinaerplatz 1, 1210 Vienna, Austria A-1210
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- Clinic for Poultry and Fish Medicine, Department for Farm Animals and Veterinary Public Health, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Veterinaerplatz 1, 1210 Vienna, Austria A-1210.,Christian Doppler Laboratory for Innovative Poultry Vaccines (IPOV), Veterinaerplatz 1, 1210 Vienna, Austria A-1210
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- Clinic for Poultry and Fish Medicine, Department for Farm Animals and Veterinary Public Health, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Veterinaerplatz 1, 1210 Vienna, Austria A-1210,
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Wibowo MH, Sahesty A, Mahardika BK, Purwanto B, Lestariningsih CL, Kade Suardana IB, Oka Winaya IB, Irine I, Suryanggono J, Jonas M, Murwijati T, Mahardika GN. Epizootiology, Clinical Signs, and Phylogenetic Analysis of Fowl Adenovirus in Chicken Farms in Indonesia from 2018 to 2019. Avian Dis 2020; 63:619-624. [PMID: 31865676 DOI: 10.1637/aviandiseases-d-19-00127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2019] [Accepted: 07/10/2019] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Fowl adenovirus (FAdV) infection is an emerging problem in the world poultry industry, especially in broilers, as the causal agent of inclusion body hepatitis or hepatitis-hydropericardium syndrome. From December 2017 to January 2019, we recorded 116 cases of suspected hepatitis-hydropericardium syndrome in chicken farms throughout Indonesia. Necropsy was done on each farm site with three to five freshly dead birds per farm. Tissue samples were collected in virus transport medium and frozen at -20 C. The virus was cultivated in 9-day-old fertilized specific-pathogenic-free chicken eggs. FAdV was detected using polymerase chain reaction with a published primer set. The polymerase chain reaction products were sequenced and subjected to a BLAST search. The phylogeny was inferred using the neighbor-joining method and tested using the bootstrap test. FadV-D and -E are present in Indonesia and confirmed in 40 of 116 suspected cases. The affected chicken ages were 27.27 ± 8.94 days. Most affected farms were raising broiler chickens. The only typical clinical sign was unusual daily mortality of >1%, while the three most frequent pathologic lesions were swelling and hemorrhage of kidney and liver, as well as hydropericardium. To reduce economic loss, a vaccine should be developed immediately.
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- Michael Haryadi Wibowo
- Microbiology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Gajah Mada University, Yogjakarta 55281, Indonesia
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- Research and Development Department, PT Medion Farma Jaya, Bandung 40552, Indonesia
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- The Animal Biomedical and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Udayana University of Bali, Denpasar 80223, Indonesia
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- Research and Development Department, PT Medion Farma Jaya, Bandung 40552, Indonesia
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- Virology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Udayana University of Bali, Denpasar 80113, Indonesia
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- Pathology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Udayana University of Bali, Denpasar 80113, Indonesia
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- Research and Development Department, PT Medion Farma Jaya, Bandung 40552, Indonesia
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- Research and Development Department, PT Medion Farma Jaya, Bandung 40552, Indonesia
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- Research and Development Department, PT Medion Farma Jaya, Bandung 40552, Indonesia
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- Research and Development Department, PT Medion Farma Jaya, Bandung 40552, Indonesia
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- The Animal Biomedical and Molecular Biology Laboratory, Udayana University of Bali, Denpasar 80223, Indonesia, .,Virology Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Udayana University of Bali, Denpasar 80113, Indonesia,
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Cizmecigil UY, Umar S, Yilmaz A, Bayraktar E, Turan N, Tali B, Aydin O, Tali HE, Yaramanoglu M, Yilmaz SG, Kolukisa A, Sadeyen JR, Iqbal M, Yilmaz H. Characterisation of Fowl Adenovirus (FAdV-8b) Strain Concerning the Geographic Analysis and Pathological Lesions Associated with Inclusion Body Hepatitis in Broiler Flocks in Turkey. J Vet Res 2020; 64:231-7. [PMID: 32587909 DOI: 10.2478/jvetres-2020-0026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2019] [Accepted: 04/20/2020] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Introduction Fowl adenovirus can cause important diseases in chickens such as inclusion body hepatitis, hepatitis hydropericardium syndrome, and gizzard erosion and ulceration. Inclusion body hepatitis has been regularly reported from many countries. This is the first case report from Turkey, describing an outbreak of inclusion body hepatitis in broiler farms due to fowl adenovirus-8b (FAdV-8b). Material and Methods Broiler flocks with mortality about 10% were visited in Turkey, and necropsy was performed on dead birds. Samples were subjected to PCR assay to detect FAdV and other viral pathogens. After sequencing, phylogenetic analysis was performed and the nucleotide sequences of hexon genes were compared with the FAdV sequences data available in GenBank. Results Clinical signs such as anorexia, depression, ruffled feathers, huddling, and greenish diarrhoea were observed. Mortality started at the 8th day of age and ranged from 10% to 14%. Necropsy showed severe hepatitis, jaundice, and pancreatitis. The main necropsy findings included a pale, enlarged, haemorrhagic, and friable liver along with swollen and haemorrhagic kidneys and spleen. PCR and sequence analysis revealed the presence of fowl adenovirus serotype 8b (FAdV-E). Conclusion This is the first report on characterisation and the pathological lesions associated with FAdV in broilers in Turkey. Our findings suggest that FAdV strains could be an emerging pathogen in Turkish broilers and could actively contribute to hepatitis and immunosuppression.
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Cui J, Xu Y, Zhou Z, Xu Q, Wang J, Xiao Y, Li Z, Bi D. Pathogenicity and Molecular Typing of Fowl Adenovirus-Associated With Hepatitis/Hydropericardium Syndrome in Central China (2015-2018). Front Vet Sci 2020; 7:190. [PMID: 32411734 PMCID: PMC7198797 DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2020.00190] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2019] [Accepted: 03/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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In central China, a large number of broiler and layer flocks have suffered from outbreaks of severe hepatitis/hydropericardium syndrome (HHS). This resulted in huge economic losses to the poultry industry, from 2015 to 2018. To identify the specific pathogen and study its pathogenicity, 195 samples from Hubei, Jiangxi, Anhui, Hunan, and Henan provinces in central China were collected. The samples were screened for the adenovirus hexon gene, and neighbor joining was used for the phylogenetic reconstruction of the sequences. Among the collected samples, 122 were found to be positive for fowl adenovirus (FAdV) by PCR, and 73 isolates were obtained. The predominant viral serotype was serotype 4 (FAdV-4), which was found in 48 isolates, while 24 were serotype 10 (FAdV-10), and one was serotype 2 (FAdV-2). The CH/HBTF /1710 isolate was selected for further experiment and inoculated into 33-day-old specific pathogen-free chickens via intramuscular injection or oral administration to evaluate pathogenicity. It was found that the mortality for chickens infected by intramuscular injection or oral administration was 70 and 60%, respectively. Necropsy revealed mild to severe hepatitis and hydropericardium at 5 and 7 days after infection. Ancestor analyses indicated that all of the FAdV-4 strains obtained in this study shared a common Indian precursor and had a close genetic relationship with the JSJ13, SDSX, HN/151025, and SDDM-15 strains common in China.
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- Jin Cui
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.,State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.,Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine in Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.,College of Animal Science and Technology, Henan University of Animal Husbandry and Economy, Zhengzhou, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.,State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.,Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine in Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.,State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.,Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine in Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.,State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.,Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine in Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.,State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.,Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine in Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.,State Key Laboratory of Agricultural Microbiology, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China.,Key Laboratory of Preventive Veterinary Medicine in Hubei Province, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan, China
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Lu H, Wang W, Zhang J, Shao H, Li L, Li T, Xie Q, Wan Z, Qin A, Ye J. An efficient fiber-based ELISA for detection of antibody against fowl adenovirus serotypes 7 and 8. J Vet Diagn Invest 2020; 32:444-449. [PMID: 32270752 DOI: 10.1177/1040638720913354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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An outbreak of inclusion body hepatitis caused by fowl adenovirus serotype 8 (FAdV-8) has caused significant economic losses in the poultry industry worldwide. However, a rapid serology test kit specific to FAdV-8 is not available to date. We developed a fiber-based ELISA using the purified GST-fiber of FAdV-8 as coating antigen to measure antibodies against FAdV-8. Specificity analysis showed that our ELISA could react with sera against FAdV-7, -8a, and -8b, but not with sera against the other pathogens tested. Moreover, detection of positive sera with our ELISA had 83% and 94% agreement with an indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) and a commercial ELISA from BioChek, respectively. Our ELISA was also effective in the detection of antibodies against FAdV-8 in sera from both experimentally infected and clinically vaccinated chickens. Our FAdV-8 fiber-based ELISA can be a valuable tool to specifically and sensitively detect antibodies against FAdV-7 and/or -8 in infected or vaccinated chickens.
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- Hao Lu
- Key Laboratory of Jiangsu Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Key Laboratory for Avian Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Education, College of Veterinary Medicine; and Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, Ministry of Education of China; and Institutes of Agricultural Science and Technology Development, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China (Lu, Wang, Shao, L. Li, T. Li, Xie, Wan, Qin, Ye).,Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China (Lu, Wang, Shao, L. Li, T. Li, Xie, Wan, Qin, Ye).,Sinopharm Yangzhou VAC Biological Engineering, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China (Zhang)
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- Key Laboratory of Jiangsu Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Key Laboratory for Avian Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Education, College of Veterinary Medicine; and Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, Ministry of Education of China; and Institutes of Agricultural Science and Technology Development, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China (Lu, Wang, Shao, L. Li, T. Li, Xie, Wan, Qin, Ye).,Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China (Lu, Wang, Shao, L. Li, T. Li, Xie, Wan, Qin, Ye).,Sinopharm Yangzhou VAC Biological Engineering, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China (Zhang)
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- Key Laboratory of Jiangsu Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Key Laboratory for Avian Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Education, College of Veterinary Medicine; and Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, Ministry of Education of China; and Institutes of Agricultural Science and Technology Development, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China (Lu, Wang, Shao, L. Li, T. Li, Xie, Wan, Qin, Ye).,Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China (Lu, Wang, Shao, L. Li, T. Li, Xie, Wan, Qin, Ye).,Sinopharm Yangzhou VAC Biological Engineering, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China (Zhang)
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- Key Laboratory of Jiangsu Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Key Laboratory for Avian Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Education, College of Veterinary Medicine; and Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, Ministry of Education of China; and Institutes of Agricultural Science and Technology Development, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China (Lu, Wang, Shao, L. Li, T. Li, Xie, Wan, Qin, Ye).,Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China (Lu, Wang, Shao, L. Li, T. Li, Xie, Wan, Qin, Ye).,Sinopharm Yangzhou VAC Biological Engineering, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China (Zhang)
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- Key Laboratory of Jiangsu Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Key Laboratory for Avian Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Education, College of Veterinary Medicine; and Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, Ministry of Education of China; and Institutes of Agricultural Science and Technology Development, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China (Lu, Wang, Shao, L. Li, T. Li, Xie, Wan, Qin, Ye).,Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China (Lu, Wang, Shao, L. Li, T. Li, Xie, Wan, Qin, Ye).,Sinopharm Yangzhou VAC Biological Engineering, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China (Zhang)
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- Key Laboratory of Jiangsu Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Key Laboratory for Avian Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Education, College of Veterinary Medicine; and Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, Ministry of Education of China; and Institutes of Agricultural Science and Technology Development, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China (Lu, Wang, Shao, L. Li, T. Li, Xie, Wan, Qin, Ye).,Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China (Lu, Wang, Shao, L. Li, T. Li, Xie, Wan, Qin, Ye).,Sinopharm Yangzhou VAC Biological Engineering, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China (Zhang)
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- Key Laboratory of Jiangsu Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Key Laboratory for Avian Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Education, College of Veterinary Medicine; and Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, Ministry of Education of China; and Institutes of Agricultural Science and Technology Development, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China (Lu, Wang, Shao, L. Li, T. Li, Xie, Wan, Qin, Ye).,Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China (Lu, Wang, Shao, L. Li, T. Li, Xie, Wan, Qin, Ye).,Sinopharm Yangzhou VAC Biological Engineering, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China (Zhang)
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- Key Laboratory of Jiangsu Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Key Laboratory for Avian Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Education, College of Veterinary Medicine; and Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, Ministry of Education of China; and Institutes of Agricultural Science and Technology Development, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China (Lu, Wang, Shao, L. Li, T. Li, Xie, Wan, Qin, Ye).,Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China (Lu, Wang, Shao, L. Li, T. Li, Xie, Wan, Qin, Ye).,Sinopharm Yangzhou VAC Biological Engineering, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China (Zhang)
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- Key Laboratory of Jiangsu Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Key Laboratory for Avian Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Education, College of Veterinary Medicine; and Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, Ministry of Education of China; and Institutes of Agricultural Science and Technology Development, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China (Lu, Wang, Shao, L. Li, T. Li, Xie, Wan, Qin, Ye).,Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China (Lu, Wang, Shao, L. Li, T. Li, Xie, Wan, Qin, Ye).,Sinopharm Yangzhou VAC Biological Engineering, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China (Zhang)
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- Key Laboratory of Jiangsu Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Key Laboratory for Avian Preventive Medicine, Ministry of Education, College of Veterinary Medicine; and Joint International Research Laboratory of Agriculture and Agri-Product Safety, Ministry of Education of China; and Institutes of Agricultural Science and Technology Development, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China (Lu, Wang, Shao, L. Li, T. Li, Xie, Wan, Qin, Ye).,Jiangsu Co-innovation Center for Prevention and Control of Important Animal Infectious Diseases and Zoonoses, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China (Lu, Wang, Shao, L. Li, T. Li, Xie, Wan, Qin, Ye).,Sinopharm Yangzhou VAC Biological Engineering, Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China (Zhang)
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Yan B, Zou X, Liu X, Zhao J, Zhang W, Guo X, Wang M, Lv Y, Lu Z. User-Friendly Reverse Genetics System for Modification of the Right End of Fowl Adenovirus 4 Genome. Viruses 2020; 12:E301. [PMID: 32168853 DOI: 10.3390/v12030301] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2020] [Revised: 02/29/2020] [Accepted: 03/09/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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A novel fowl adenovirus 4 (FAdV-4) has caused significant economic losses to the poultry industry in China since 2015. We established an easy-to-use reverse genetics system for modification of the whole right and partial left ends of the novel FAdV-4 genome, which worked through cell-free reactions of restriction digestion and Gibson assembly. Three recombinant viruses were constructed to test the assumption that species-specific viral genes of ORF4 and ORF19A might be responsible for the enhanced virulence: viral genes of ORF1, ORF1b and ORF2 were replaced with GFP to generate FAdV4-GFP, ORF4 was replaced with mCherry in FAdV4-GFP to generate FAdV4-GX4C, and ORF19A was deleted in FAdV4-GFP to generate FAdV4-CX19A. Deletion of ORF4 made FAdV4-GX4C form smaller plaques while ORF19A deletion made FAdV4-CX19A form larger ones on chicken LMH cells. Coding sequence (CDS) replacement with reporter mCherry demonstrated that ORF4 had a weak promoter. Survival analysis showed that FAdV4-CX19A-infected chicken embryos survived one more day than FAdV4-GFP- or FAdV4-GX4C-infected ones. The results illustrated that ORF4 and ORF19A were non-essential genes for FAdV-4 replication although deletion of either gene influenced virus growth. This work would help function study of genes on the right end of FAdV-4 genome and facilitate development of attenuated vaccines.
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Schachner A, Gonzalez G, Endler L, Ito K, Hess M. Fowl Adenovirus (FAdV) Recombination with Intertypic Crossovers in Genomes of FAdV-D and FAdV-E, Displaying Hybrid Serological Phenotypes. Viruses 2019; 11:v11121094. [PMID: 31779121 PMCID: PMC6950264 DOI: 10.3390/v11121094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2019] [Revised: 11/22/2019] [Accepted: 11/24/2019] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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After analyzing 27 new genomes from fowl adenovirus (FAdV) field isolates and so-far unsequenced prototypes, we report the first evidence for recombination in FAdVs. Recombination was confined to species FAdV-D and FAdV-E, accommodating the largest number of, and the intraspecies-wise most differentiated, types. The majority of detected events occurred in FAdV-E, involving segments with parental origin of all constitutive types. Together with the diversity of breakpoints, this suggests widespread recombination in this species. With possible constraints through species-specific genes and diversification patterns, the recombinogenic potential of FAdVs attains particular interest for inclusion body hepatitis (IBH), an important disease in chickens, caused by types from the recombination-prone species. Autonomously evolving, recombinant segments were associated with major sites under positive selection, among them the capsid protein hexon and fiber genes, the right-terminal ORFs 19, 25, and the ORF20/20A family. The observed mosaicism in genes indicated as targets of adaptive pressures points toward an immune evasion strategy. Intertypic hexon/fiber-recombinants demonstrated hybrid neutralization profiles, retrospectively explaining reported controversies on reference strains B3-A, T8-A, and X11-A. Furthermore, cross-neutralization supported sequence-based evidence for interdomain recombination in fiber and contributed to a tentatively new type. Overall, our findings challenge the purported uniformity of types responsible for IBH, urging more complete identification strategies for FAdVs. Finally, important consequences arise for in vivo studies investigating cross-protection against IBH.
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- Anna Schachner
- Christian Doppler Laboratory for Innovative Poultry Vaccines, University of Veterinary Medicine, 1210 Vienna, Austria;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +43-1-25077-4727
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- Division of Bioinformatics, Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0020, Japan; (G.G.); (K.I.)
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- Bioinformatics and Biostatistics Platform, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Veterinary Medicine, 1210 Vienna, Austria;
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- Division of Bioinformatics, Research Center for Zoonosis Control, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 001-0020, Japan; (G.G.); (K.I.)
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- Christian Doppler Laboratory for Innovative Poultry Vaccines, University of Veterinary Medicine, 1210 Vienna, Austria;
- University Clinic for Poultry and Fish Medicine, Department for Farm Animals and Veterinary Public Health, University of Veterinary Medicine, 1210 Vienna, Austria
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Fowl adenovirus infections are widely prevalent in poultry. Many of the viruses can infect chickens without resulting in overt disease. Nevertheless, some fowl adenoviruses can cause important disease complexes in chickens such as inclusion body hepatitis, hydropericardium syndrome, necrotic pancreatitis, and gizzard erosion. Adenoviral gizzard erosions have been regularly reported from Japan, but detailed reports from Europe are scarce and available only from Italy, Poland, Hungary, and Germany. This case report describes two concurrent outbreaks of gizzard erosions caused by fowl adenovirus A in two Belgian broiler farms. Clinical signs observed were signs of depression, reduced feed intake, reduced weight gain, and lack of uniformity of the flocks. At necropsy, typically multiple erosions within the koilin layer of the gizzard were observed. Histopathological examination showed a multifocal, erosive ventriculitis with basophilic intranuclear inclusions in the epithelium. PCR analysis confirmed the diagnosis of fowl adenovirus. These findings suggest that outbreaks of adenoviral gizzard erosion can also lead to significant economic losses in Belgium.
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- A Garmyn
- A Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, B9820 Merelbeke, Belgium
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- A Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, B9820 Merelbeke, Belgium
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- B Veterinary Poultry Practice Galluvet, Dwarsstraat 3, 3560 Lummen, Belgium
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- B Veterinary Poultry Practice Galluvet, Dwarsstraat 3, 3560 Lummen, Belgium
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- A Department of Pathology, Bacteriology and Avian Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Salisburylaan 133, B9820 Merelbeke, Belgium
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Steer-Cope P, Sandy J, O'Rourke D, Scott P, Browning G, Noormohammadi A. Chronologic Analysis of Gross and Histologic Lesions Induced by Field Strains of FAdV-1, FAdV-8b, and FAdV-11 in Six-Week-Old Chickens. Avian Dis 2019; 61:512-519. [PMID: 29337616 DOI: 10.1637/11718-072317-reg.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Inclusion body hepatitis (IBH) is a disease affecting broiler chicken flocks worldwide. Several serotypes of fowl adenovirus (FAdV) have been implicated in disease outbreaks, with and without immunosuppression as a predisposing factor. IBH usually occurs in flocks up to 30 days of age; it is seldom seen in older birds. The objective of this study was to determine whether the pathogenicity for older birds of three FAdV field strains, belonging to serotypes 1, 8b, and 11, in the absence of immunosuppressive factors, was akin to that for younger birds, and to establish an effective and economical disease model for assessing cross-protection between serotypes. To achieve this objective, the gross pathology, histopathology, and dissemination of virus were examined at multiple time points after inoculation of 6-wk-old, specific-pathogen-free chickens via intraperitoneal injection. Both FAdV-8b and FAdV-11 generated lesions typical of those associated with outbreaks of IBH, and they were shown to be primary pathogens. The presence and severity of hepatic lesions were used to define two disease stages: degeneration (1-5 days postinoculation) and convalescence (6-14 days postinoculation). During the degenerative stage, FAdV-8b was detected in the liver, kidney, and gizzard of most birds, whereas FAdV-11 was predominantly detected in the liver, and both viruses persisted in the gizzard into convalescence. The pathogenesis of two IBH-associated FAdV strains in 6-wk-old chickens confirms their high level of virulence and also provides an effective experimental model for investigation of cross-protection between FAdVs. It also demonstrates persistence of the virus in the gizzard long after infection, supporting the notion that it is a site of viral shedding.
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- Penelope Steer-Cope
- A Asia-Pacific Centre for Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, 250 Princes Highway, Werribee, VIC 3030, Australia.,B Poultry CRC, P.O. Box U242, University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2351, Australia
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- A Asia-Pacific Centre for Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, 250 Princes Highway, Werribee, VIC 3030, Australia
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- A Asia-Pacific Centre for Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, 250 Princes Highway, Werribee, VIC 3030, Australia
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- A Asia-Pacific Centre for Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, 250 Princes Highway, Werribee, VIC 3030, Australia
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- A Asia-Pacific Centre for Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, 250 Princes Highway, Werribee, VIC 3030, Australia
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- A Asia-Pacific Centre for Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Melbourne, 250 Princes Highway, Werribee, VIC 3030, Australia
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Brown Jordan A, Blake L, Bisnath J, Ramgattie C, Carrington CV, Oura CAL. Identification of four serotypes of fowl adenovirus in clinically affected commercial poultry co-infected with chicken infectious anaemia virus in Trinidad and Tobago. Transbound Emerg Dis 2019; 66:1341-1348. [PMID: 30817083 DOI: 10.1111/tbed.13162] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2018] [Revised: 02/21/2019] [Accepted: 02/22/2019] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Fowl adenovirus (FAdV), which causes the high-impact diseases such as inclusion body hepatitis and hepatitis-hydropericardium syndrome, is of major concern to the poultry industry internationally. This study was carried out in direct response to mortality rates of up to 75% in commercial broiler flocks in Trinidad, West Indies. Symptoms in 3- to 8-week-old broilers and 13- to 18-week-old pullets pointed to infection with an immunosuppressive viral pathogen. The objectives of the study were to determine whether the infectious agent FAdV, along with other viral pathogens, was responsible for the clinical disease, and to obtain information on the serotypes of FAdV that were infecting the birds. Tissue samples from clinically affected birds from eight different farms were tested for chicken infectious anaemia virus (CIAV) and infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) by real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and for FAdV by conventional PCR. The birds tested positive for FAdV and CIAV, but negative for IBDV. The gene corresponding to the L1 loop of the hexon protein for FAdV was amplified and sequenced. Phylogenetic analysis of seven FAdV strains inferred that four serotypes were likely to be circulating in the chickens. Well supported genetic relatedness was observed for serotype 8a (97.8%), 8b (97.8%), 9 (95.8%) and 11 (98.8%-99.5%). This is the first published report from Trinidad and Tobago on the presence and circulation of pathogenic FAdV strains, in combination with CIAV, in poultry. The data demonstrate a possible need for the introduction of serotype-specific vaccines against FAdV, as well as vaccines against CIAV, in broilers in the region and emphasize the importance of maintaining high levels of biosecurity on farms to prevent the spread of these potentially devastating viruses between farms.
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- Arianne Brown Jordan
- Department of Basic Veterinary Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, The University of the West Indies (St. Augustine), Mount Hope, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
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- Department of Basic Veterinary Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, The University of the West Indies (St. Augustine), Mount Hope, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
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- Poultry Surveillance Unit, Animal Production and Health Services Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries, National Animal Disease Centre, Centeno, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
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- Poultry Surveillance Unit, Animal Production and Health Services Division, Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries, National Animal Disease Centre, Centeno, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
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- Department of Preclinical Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies (St. Augustine), Mount Hope, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
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- Department of Basic Veterinary Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, The University of the West Indies (St. Augustine), Mount Hope, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
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Su Q, Meng F, Li Y, Zhang Y, Zhang Z, Cui Z, Chang S, Zhao P. Chicken infectious anemia virus helps fowl adenovirus break the protection of maternal antibody and cause inclusion body hepatitis-hydropericardium syndrome in layers after using co-contaminated Newcastle disease virus-attenuated vaccine. Poult Sci 2019; 98:621-628. [PMID: 30358862 DOI: 10.3382/ps/pey153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2018] [Accepted: 09/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Inclusion body hepatitis-hydropericardium syndrome (IBH-HPS) caused by fowl adenovirus type 4 (FAdV-4) has caused huge economic losses for China in the past five years. At present, this disease is controlled in many flocks with the inactivated FAdV vaccine, but the offspring chicks of a layer breeding flock that were vaccinated with this vaccine still became infected and developed IBH-HPS with a 20% mortality rate. Analysis revealed that the NDV-attenuated vaccine in use from the above-mentioned poultry farm was simultaneously contaminated with FAdV-4 and chicken infectious anemia virus (CIAV). The FAdV and CIAV isolated from the vaccine were purified for the artificial preparation of an NDV-attenuated vaccine singly contaminated with FAdV or CIAV, or simultaneously contaminated with both of them. Seven-day-old layers with maternal FAdV antibody were inoculated with the artificially prepared, contaminated vaccines and assessed for corresponding indices. The experiments showed that no obvious symptoms occurred after using the NDV-attenuated vaccine singly contaminated with FAdV or CIAV; however, common IBH and occasional HPS-related death was found in birds after administering the NDV-attenuated vaccine co-contaminated with FAdV and CIAV. In conclusion, this study illustrated that CIAV could assist FAdV in breaking maternal FAdV antibody protection, which then caused the IBH-HPS after vaccination with the co-contaminated NDV vaccine.
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- Q Su
- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Shandong, China; Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, Tai'an, Shandong, China; Shandong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Tai'an, Shandong, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Shandong, China; Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, Tai'an, Shandong, China; Shandong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Tai'an, Shandong, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Shandong, China; Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, Tai'an, Shandong, China; Shandong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Tai'an, Shandong, China.,China Animal Health and Epidemiology Center, Qingdao, 266032, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Shandong, China; Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, Tai'an, Shandong, China; Shandong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Tai'an, Shandong, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Shandong, China; Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, Tai'an, Shandong, China; Shandong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Tai'an, Shandong, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Shandong, China; Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, Tai'an, Shandong, China; Shandong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Tai'an, Shandong, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Shandong, China; Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, Tai'an, Shandong, China; Shandong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Tai'an, Shandong, China
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Shandong Agricultural University, Shandong, China; Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Animal Biotechnology and Disease Control and Prevention, Tai'an, Shandong, China; Shandong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center of Animal Disease Control and Prevention, Tai'an, Shandong, China
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Niu Y, Sun Q, Zhang G, Sun W, Liu X, Xiao Y, Shang Y, Liu S. Pathogenicity and immunosuppressive potential of fowl adenovirus in specific pathogen free chickens. Poult Sci 2018; 96:3885-3892. [PMID: 29050439 DOI: 10.3382/ps/pex206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2017] [Accepted: 09/14/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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To elucidate the effect of fowl adenovirus (FAdV)-C in specific-pathogen-free (SPF) chickens, we investigated the pathogenicity, body weights, enzymatic systems, and immune organs of chickens in response to Newcastle disease virus (NDV) and avian influenza virus subtype H9 (AIV-H9) vaccination. Chickens were divided randomly into four groups, which included injection groups (FAdV-C, vaccination, and FAdV-C plus vaccination) and a negative control group. The results indicated that FAdV-C was highly pathogenic in SPF chickens and led to a 40% mortality rate and growth retardation, compared with the control birds. Significant changes in clinical chemical markers of all infected birds, together with histopathological lesions, indicated impairment of the liver and heart integrity and function. Furthermore, chickens in the FAdV-C plus vaccination group had significantly lower titers of antibodies against NDV and AIV-H9 than the uninfected and vaccinated chickens. The results of this study provide new insights into the pathogenesis of hydropericardium syndrome, a disease that progresses to a metabolic disorder and causes serious growth retardation and immunosuppression.
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- Yujuan Niu
- Department of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, 61 Daizong Road, Tai'an 271018, Shandong, PR China
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- Department of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, 61 Daizong Road, Tai'an 271018, Shandong, PR China
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- Department of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, 61 Daizong Road, Tai'an 271018, Shandong, PR China
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- Department of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, 61 Daizong Road, Tai'an 271018, Shandong, PR China
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- Department of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, 61 Daizong Road, Tai'an 271018, Shandong, PR China
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- Department of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, 61 Daizong Road, Tai'an 271018, Shandong, PR China
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- Department of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, 61 Daizong Road, Tai'an 271018, Shandong, PR China
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- Department of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, 61 Daizong Road, Tai'an 271018, Shandong, PR China
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De la Torre DI, Nuñez LF, Astolfi-Ferreira CS, Piantino Ferreira AJ. Enteric Virus Diversity Examined by Molecular Methods in Brazilian Poultry Flocks. Vet Sci 2018; 5:E38. [PMID: 29596389 DOI: 10.3390/vetsci5020038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2018] [Revised: 03/26/2018] [Accepted: 03/26/2018] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Enteric viruses play an important role in the Brazilian poultry industry due to the economic impact of resulting low yields of broilers, layers, and breeders. The most common enteric viruses affecting commercial flocks in Brazil include Fowl Adenovirus of group I (FAdV-I), Chicken Parvovirus (ChPV), Chicken Astrovirus (CAstV), Avian Nephritis Virus (ANV), Infectious Bronchitis Virus (IBV), Avian Reovirus (AReo), and Avian Rotavirus (ARtV). The aim of this study was to identify single and multiple infections using data obtained from 270 samples from eleven Brazilian states, corresponding to the period between 2010 and 2017. This was accompanied by an analysis of the relationship between the age of birds, clinical signs, and geographical distribution, using Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and Reverse Transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) techniques. Twenty-five profiles of virus combinations were detected. Single infections were encountered in 86.3% of samples, and multiple infections were present in the remaining 13.7%. Both single and multiple infections affected all kinds of commercial chickens with digestive problems, stunting syndrome, decreases in egg and meat production, increased mortality, and respiratory signs. FAdV-I, ChPV, CAstV, ANV, and ARtV were mostly detected in young broilers, in contrast with IBV, which was detected in hens from one to greater than 51 weeks of age. These results exhibit the complexity of enteric diseases and the still poorly understood role of each pathogen as a unique etiological agent.
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Ruan SF, Zhao J, Ren YC, Feng JL, Zhang GZ. Phylogenetic Analyses of Fowl Adenoviruses (FAdV) Isolated in China and Pathogenicity of a FAdV-8 Isolate. Avian Dis 2018; 61:353-357. [PMID: 28956998 DOI: 10.1637/11671-050817-regr] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Fowl adenoviruses (FAdVs) have a worldwide distribution and are associated with a variety of diseases, causing considerable economic losses to the poultry industry. We characterized 10 FAdVs isolated from China in 2015-2016 and assessed the pathogenicity of a FAdV-8 strain in specific-pathogen-free (SPF) chickens. Phylogenetic analysis of a hexon gene revealed that only 1 of the 10 isolates belonged to FAdV-8, whereas others belonged to FAdV-4, indicating that Chinese FAdVs were mainly FAdV-4 in recent years. The pathogenicity experiment of the FAdV-8 strain CH/SD/2015/09 showed that no clinical signs were observed in infected chickens. Necropsy displayed mild necrotic foci and petechial hemorrhage of livers collected at 5 days postinfection (dpi). Histopathologic examination identified the presence of intranuclear inclusion bodies in hepatocytes. No virus was detected in oral and cloacal swabs at 5 dpi, and only viral DNA could be measured in kidneys collected at the same time. The results revealed that CH/SD/2015/09 had no obvious pathogenicity in 5-wk-old SPF chickens, which could provide a better understanding about the pathogenicity of the FAdV-8 serotype.
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- Si-Fan Ruan
- A Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology of the Ministry of Agriculture, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China
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- A Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology of the Ministry of Agriculture, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China
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- B Diagnostic & Research Center of Livestock and Poultry Epidemic Diseases, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China
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- B Diagnostic & Research Center of Livestock and Poultry Epidemic Diseases, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China
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- A Key Laboratory of Animal Epidemiology of the Ministry of Agriculture, College of Veterinary Medicine, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China.,B Diagnostic & Research Center of Livestock and Poultry Epidemic Diseases, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, People's Republic of China
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Mariappan AK, Munusamy P, Latheef SK, Singh SD, Dhama K. Hepato nephropathology associated with inclusion body hepatitis complicated with citrinin mycotoxicosis in a broiler farm. Vet World 2018; 11:112-117. [PMID: 29657389 PMCID: PMC5891860 DOI: 10.14202/vetworld.2018.112-117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2017] [Accepted: 12/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Aim: Mortality in a broiler chicken farm was investigated for identifying the cause of mortality. Materials and Methods: A broiler farm with a population of 16000 succumbed to a disease outbreak. Clinical signs, vaccination history and mortality, were recorded. Necropsy examination and microscopic examination were carried out along with toxicological and molecular studies. Results: The clinical signs in the affected broiler birds were of non-specific nature with a total mortality of 26.39%. Postmortem examination and microscopical findings revealed hepatitis with basophilic intranuclear inclusion, splenitis, myocarditis, and nephritis. Glomerulonephritis was the prominent renal pathology recorded in this study. Polymerase chain reaction test confirmed the presence of fowl adenovirus (FAdV) genome in the target organs, and toxicological examination by thin-layer chromatography revealed the presence of a toxic level of citrinin in the feed samples. Conclusion: Based on various diagnostic investigations, the mortality in the flock was attributed to inclusion body hepatitis (IBH) complicated with citrinin mycotoxicosis. Thus, apart from liver pathology which occurs in a classical IBH cases, glomerulonephritis too occurs which are also a prominent finding which pathologists often miss. Thus, kidneys should also be examined histologically to assess the microscopic tissue alterations in poultry suspected for IBH along with a mycotoxicological analysis of feed. This will definitely throw light on the synergistic pathology elicited and exhibited by FAdV and mycotoxins in the poultry.
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- Asok Kumar Mariappan
- Avian Diseases Section, Division of Pathology, ICAR - Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly - 243 122, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Avian Diseases Section, Division of Pathology, ICAR - Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly - 243 122, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Avian Diseases Section, Division of Pathology, ICAR - Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly - 243 122, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Avian Diseases Section, Division of Pathology, ICAR - Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly - 243 122, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Avian Diseases Section, Division of Pathology, ICAR - Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, Bareilly - 243 122, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Morshed R, Hosseini H, Langeroudi AG, Fard MHB, Charkhkar S. Fowl Adenoviruses D and E Cause Inclusion Body Hepatitis Outbreaks in Broiler and Broiler Breeder Pullet Flocks. Avian Dis 2017; 61:205-210. [PMID: 28665737 DOI: 10.1637/11551-120516-reg.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Twenty-four fowl adenoviruses (FAdVs) were isolated from broiler and broiler breeder pullet flocks in Iran during 2013-2016 and were identified and characterized. All FAdVs were from inclusion body hepatitis (IBH) cases, showing an enlarged and pale yellow liver with multiple petechial hemorrhages. Phylogenetic analyses of partial hexon gene sequences are an adequate and quick method for differentiation and genotyping. The isolates were subjected to PCR to amplify a 590-bp fragment from the hexon gene. Sequence analysis revealed the presence of two species D and E. Eighty FAdV isolates were genetically related to the strain EU979378 of FAdV-11 (96.5% to 97.6% identity), and six isolates were related to the strain EU979375 of FAdV-8b (97% identity). The results indicated that two FAdV serotypes (11 and 8b) are high prevalence serotypes of FAdVs in Iran and are pathogenic enough to cause IBH in young chicks. Therefore, preventive measures against FAdV infection on poultry farms should be implemented.
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- Rima Morshed
- A Agriculture and Veterinary Group, Iran Encyclopedia Compiling Foundation, Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, Tehran, Iran, Mail Box: 14655478
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- B Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Karaj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Alborz, Iran, Mail Box: 31485313
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- C Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, Mail Box: 1419963111
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- D Department of Clinical Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran, Mail Box: 14515775
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- D Department of Clinical Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran, Mail Box: 14515775
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Niu Y, Sun Q, Zhang G, Sun W, Liu X, Xiao Y, Shang Y, Liu S. Epidemiological investigation of outbreaks of fowl adenovirus infections in commercial chickens in China. Transbound Emerg Dis 2017; 65:e121-e126. [PMID: 28804982 DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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One hundred and five fowl adenovirus (FAdV) strains were isolated in China from 2015 to 2016 from poultry with inclusion body hepatitis (IBH) and hydropericardium syndrome (HPS). Polymerase chain reactions determined that 68 were FAdV species C, five were FAdV species D, two were FAdV species E, and 30 contained two or more different FAdV strains. A phylogenetic analysis showed that the isolated FAdV strains clustered into three major groups: FAdV-C, FAdV-D and FAdV-E. Based on a hexon gene sequencing analysis, these viruses were genetically related to FAdV-4, FAdV-7, FAdV-8b and FAdV-11, of which FAdV-4 was dominant (93% of the strains). An epidemiological analysis showed that FAdVs had been circulating in broilers, domestic chickens, and layers, and co-infections with other immunosuppressive pathogens, such as chicken infectious anaemia virus, Marek's disease virus and reticuloendotheliosis virus, were identified. To control FAdVs, strict biosecurity protection measures are necessary, and a continued surveillance of FAdVs is needed to increase our understanding of the epidemiology of the viruses that are associated with IBH and HPS.
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- Y Niu
- Department of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong, China
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- Department of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong, China
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- Department of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong, China
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- Department of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong, China
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- Department of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong, China
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- Department of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong, China
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- Department of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong, China
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- Department of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, Shandong, China
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