Infectious bursal disease virus: case report and experimental studies in vaccinated and unvaccinated SPF chickens and commercial broiler chicks

IBDV Gm 11 (Simbios eleven-molecular group) has been detected since 1997 in many farms of commercial broilers and layers causing high mortality (2 to 15%) and severe macro and microscopic damage in cloacal bursae, spleen, thymus, kidney and liver. Five serial passages of 2050/97-Gm 11 IBDV sample by...

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Main Authors: H Scanavini Neto, NMK Ito, CI Miyaji, E de A Lima, S Okabayashi, ARA Corrêa, GC Eleutério, MA Zuanaze
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação APINCO de Ciência e Tecnologia Avícolas 2004-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science
Subjects:
IBD
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-635X2004000100006