The prevalence of Infectious Bronchitis (IB) in some chicken farms in Egypt: I. Spotlight on the status of IB outbreaks in some chicken flocks | ||
| Journal of Veterinary Medical Research | ||
| Article 50, Volume 20, Issue 1, March 2010, Pages 324-341 PDF (470.05 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jvmr.2020.77637 | ||
| Authors | ||
| K. M. Kamel1; A. A. Bassiouni2; M. A. Afify2; N.S. Rabie3 | ||
| 1Department of Poultry Diseases, National Research Center, Cairo | ||
| 2Department of Poultry Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University. | ||
| 3Department of Poultry Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Twenty five isolates of IBV were isolated from 36 broiler and layer chicken farms collected from 13 governorates during 2 years started from January 2003. Sixteen farms were vaccinated against IB, and 9 farms were not vaccinated. The cardinal signs of the disease in layers were drop in egg production, with watery albumen, inferior (pale and misshape shell) eggs, un-noticed respiratory distress and pectoral myopathy, and those in broilers were respiratory distress, renal urate deposition and death beyond 4 weeks of age (late mortality). The viruses were isolated and identified by chicken embryo, and CEK cell culture inoculation. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| prevalence; infectious; bronchitis; IB; chicken; farms; Egypt; Spotlight; status; Outbreaks; flocks | ||
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