Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences

Asian Australasian Association of Animal Production Societies (아세아태평양축산학회)
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ACUTE INFECTIOUS BURSAL DISEASE IN CHICKENS : PATHOLOGICAL OBSERVATION AND VIRUS ISOLATION

  • Chowdhury, E.H. (Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University) ;
  • Islam, M.R. (Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University) ;
  • Das, P.M. (Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University) ;
  • Dewan, M.L. (Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University) ;
  • Khan, M.S.R. (Department of Microbiology and Hygiene, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Bangladesh Agricultural University)
  • Received : 1995.11.23
  • Accepted : 1996.03.16
  • Published : 1996.08.01
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Abstract

Pathological and virological investigations were conducted on suspected outbreaks of infectious bursal disease (IBD) in a broiler farm and five pullet-raising poultry farms of Mymensingh and Tangail districts of Bangladesh. About 80 to 100 percent chicks were affected at the age of 26 to 45 days and mortality varied from 20 to 30 percent in broilers and 40 to 80 percent in layer chicks. Signs, symptoms, gross and microscopic lesions were typical of acute IBD. Several isolates of virus could be obtained by embryo inoculation and the virus was diagnosed as infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) by agar gel immunodiffusion test (AGID). The virus isolate belonged to the very virulent pathotype of IBDV causing 100 percent mortality in three weeks old chicks on experimental infection.

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