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Oocysts of Cryptosporidium baileyi isolated from chickens were inoculated by different routes into 3 groups of turkey poults. Intratracheal inoculation of oocysts produced clinical signs of respiratory tract disease, deaths, and gross lesions of airsacculitis. Parasites developed in the microvillous border of the nasopharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, and air sacs. Oral and intracloacal inoculations of oocysts caused no deaths or clinical signs of disease, but did produce patent infections. Respiratory tract infections limited to the nasopharynx, larynx, and trachea occurred in 3 orally inoculated poults. Respiratory tract infections were not observed in intracloacally inoculated poults. The mode of inoculation did not influence the distribution of C baileyi in the digestive tract. The cloaca was parasitized in 100% of the birds with intestinal infections, and the bursa of Fabricius was parasitized in 72.7%.  相似文献   

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Clinical signs of respiratory tract disease were observed in chickens that were inoculated intratracheally with 1 x 10(6) oocysts of Cryptosporidium baileyi at 2 or 14 days of age (10 chickens/group), but not in chickens inoculated at 28 or 42 days of age (10 chickens/group). Orally inoculated chickens in all age groups (10 chickens/group) did not develop clinical signs of disease. Orally and intratracheally inoculated chickens in all age groups were infected, as determined by the finding of cryptosporidia in tissue sections of the trachea, bursa of Fabricius, and cloaca, and by the recovery of oocysts from their feces. Chickens inoculated at 2 and 14 days of age excreted oocysts for a longer period and had greater numbers of cryptosporidia in their tissues, compared with chickens inoculated at 28 and 42 days of age.  相似文献   

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Day-old chicks were susceptible to pigeon herpes encephalomyelitis virus (PHEV) by intracerebral (i/c) inoculation. Infected birds developed neurologic signs starting from 2 to 15 days post-infection, and 85% died. The virus was recovered from the brains of diseased chicks in titers ranging between 104 and 105.5 EID50/0.2 ml. Inoculated birds shed the virus in their droppings throughout the 2 weeks observation period. Day-old chicks given the virus by the intranasal (i/n) or oral routes did not develop any specific signs but shed the virus also in their droppings throughout the observation period. Ducklings and goslings inoculated intravenously (i/v), i/n or orally were resistant. Day-old chicks and ducklings, goslings and quails inoculated by different routes with pigeon herpesvirus (PHV) did not show respiratory or nervous signs.  相似文献   

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Developmental stages of Cryptosporidium baileyi were observed on the epithelium of the larynx, trachea, primary and secondary bronchi, air sacs, bursa of Fabricius, and cloaca of 12 chickens inoculated intra-abdominally with oocysts. All 12 birds inoculated intra-abdominally developed clinical signs of respiratory disease and had gross lesions of airsacculitis at necropsy. Developmental stages of C. baileyi and clinical signs of disease were not observed in 12 chickens inoculated intravenously with oocysts. The response of chickens to intra-abdominal inoculation of oocysts was similar to responses recorded following intratracheal inoculation of oocysts in previous studies.  相似文献   

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为了解不同地区鸡源贝氏隐孢子虫的致病特点,对收集到的郑州、林州两地区鸡源贝氏隐孢子虫卵囊经雏鸡传代扩增纯化后,分别以1×106个卵囊量接种3日龄罗曼公雏鸡,从其排卵囊情况、临床症状和病理学变化比较了2个分离株的致病情况。结果表明:2个隐孢子虫分离株均主要引起雏鸡呼吸道症状和法氏囊炎病变;接种雏鸡均于感染后第4天开始排卵囊,林州株和郑州株排卵囊持续期分别为23 d和13 d;排卵囊高峰期均为感染后第8~12天。雏鸡感染2个地区鸡源贝氏隐孢子虫分离株后,排卵囊量及排卵囊规律存在差异。  相似文献   

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Oocysts of an avian isolate of Cryptosporidium were used to inoculate 21 chicks orally and 7 chicks intratracheally to determine the tissue specificity of this organism. Oocysts were passed in the feces 4 to 5 days after inoculation. Oocysts (6.8 by 5.0 microns) were fully sporulated and they were passed for at least 17 days by infected chicks. The mode of inoculation did not influence the distribution of cryptosporidia within the digestive tract. Cryptosporidia were found in the cloaca (100%), bursa of Fabricius (95.7%), terminal portion of the colon (26.1%), and cecum (4.3%) of chicks that were positive for developmental stages. Of 21 chicks inoculated orally, 4 had cryptosporidia in their trachea, whereas 6 of 7 chicks inoculated intratracheally had cryptosporidia in the trachea, bronchi, and air sacs. Cryptosporidium was found in the ducts of the salivary glands and nasal turbinates of chicks inoculated intratracheally that had clinical signs of respiratory tract disease. None of the chicks died or had intestinal disease.  相似文献   

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Four hundred fifty day-old Hubbard broiler chicks were subdivided into 15 groups of 30 chicks each. Six groups of chicks received 0.5 ml of broth culture containing 5 x 10(6) colony-forming units (CFU) of Salmonella enteritidis (SE) phage types (PTs) 4, 8, and 23 by crop gavage. Similarly, six other groups received 0.5 ml containing 5 x 10(8) CFU of SE. One group was inoculated with 0.5 ml containing 5 x 10(6) CFU of Salmonella pullorum, and another group received 0.5 ml containing 5 x 10(8) CFU of S. pullorum. A group of 30 chicks were kept as uninoculated controls. Chicks were observed daily for clinical signs and mortality. All birds were weighed at 7, 14, and 21 days postinoculation 21 (DPI). Four chicks were randomly selected from each treatment group, euthanatized, and necropsied at 7 and 14 DPI. Gross lesions were recorded and selected tissues were collected for histopathology. The higher rates of illness and mortality were observed in chicks inoculated with 5 x 10(6) and 5 x 10(8) CFU of S. pullorum, followed by SE PT4 of human origin and SE PT4 of chicken origin. Moderate to high mortality was observed in chicks inoculated with the higher dose of SE isolates that belonged to PT8 and one SE of PT23. Variable mortality was evident in groups inoculated with the lower dose of salmonella. The most consistent gross and histopathologic changes, including fibrinous pericarditis and perihepatitis, were seen in the dead birds from various treatment groups. The lower mean body weights were present in all treatment groups compared with uninoculated controls. No illness or mortality was observed in uninoculated control groups.  相似文献   

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Specific-pathogen-free chickens orally inoculated at 4 days of age with a moderately pathogenic vaccine strain of infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) and/or at 5 days of age with Cryptosporidium baileyi oocysts remained free of overt clinical signs throughout a 16-day period postinoculation (PI). The prepatency period for C. baileyi oocyst shedding was shorter in chickens receiving higher numbers of oocysts, but once shedding was detected, there were no obvious differences in shedding patterns among groups receiving 10(3) through 10(6) oocysts. On days 8 and 16 PI, cryptosporidia were located primarily in the bursae of Fabricius. IBDV exposure was associated with bursal follicle atrophy, whereas C. baileyi infection resulted in bursal epithelial hypertrophy and hyperplasia, mild follicle atrophy, and heterophil infiltration of the bursal mucosa. Examination of experimental groups of 30 birds each indicated that concurrent infection with both agents resulted in more severe bursal lesions, more infected birds, and greater numbers of cryptosporidia in infected tissues. At the termination of the trial, 16 days PI, Cryptosporidium infection was associated with a 6% decrease in mean body weight compared with controls.  相似文献   

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Pathogenicity of various isolates of Alcaligenes faecalis for broilers   总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2  
Day-old broilers or specific-pathogen-free chickens were inoculated intranasally with approximately 1 X 10(8) organisms of eight different field isolates of Alcaligenes faecalis. Major differences in the pathogenicity of isolates and their ability to colonize the trachea were found. Only two isolates (Wilson and Lockamy) produced mild clinical signs of respiratory disease ("snicking," dyspnea). The same two also colonized the respiratory tract, especially the trachea, in large numbers; they persisted for 31 days. Of the remaining six isolates, five were also able to colonize the respiratory tract but did so to a lesser degree and less persistently, without causing clinical signs. Only one isolate (CS) was incapable of becoming established in the respiratory tract of chicks after intranasal inoculation.  相似文献   

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Cryptosporidium baileyi causes respiratory disease, pallor, death, and transient increased feed conversion (FC) and decreased body weight gain (BWG) when intratracheally (IT) inoculated into young chicks. Unlike the case for young chicks in previous studies, C. baileyi had no effect on FC, BWG, or mortality in IT-inoculated 26-day-old chicks. Results from two different histologic evaluations indicated that IT inoculation with 10(4) oocysts caused higher epithelium lesion scores (P less than 0.05) and higher mucosal area scores (P less than 0.05) than did IT inoculation with more, fewer, or no oocysts. Reasons for these findings and implications of chicken immune system response to or modulation by C. baileyi are discussed.  相似文献   

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No clinical signs, gross lesions, or increased mortality were observed in specific-pathogen-free chickens orally inoculated at 5 days of age with Cryptosporidium baileyi, reovirus 2035, reovirus 2408, or combinations of these agents. Weight gain of chickens inoculated with only reovirus 2408 was depressed 0-8 days postinoculation (PI) (P less than 0.01) but not for the 21-day period PI. Weight gain of chickens inoculated with only reovirus 2035 was not affected. Cryptosporidium baileyi infection significantly depressed weight gain 8-14 days PI but not for the entire 21-day period PI. Weight gain of chickens infected with both C. baileyi and reovirus 2035 was significantly depressed 0-14 days PI and for the entire 21-day period PI. Dual infection with C. baileyi and either reovirus appeared to promote shedding of both agents. Cryptosporidia were found principally in the rectum 2-10 days PI and in the bursa of Fabricius 6-10 days PI. Reovirus infection did not cause any microscopic lesions and did not modify lesions caused by C. baileyi infection.  相似文献   

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Efficacy of tilmicosin in treatment of pulmonary infections in calves.   总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3  
The efficacy of tilmicosin in the treatment of respiratory infections in calves was evaluated. According to a randomised block design, 58 calves with naturally occurring respiratory infections were treated with one of the following products: a single subcutaneous injection of tilmicosin (10 mg/kg liveweight) or daily intramuscular injections of 5 mg lincomycin and 10 mg spectinomycin/kg liveweight, for a minimum of three days. Both treatment groups initially showed similar clinical signs and their initial responses to the treatments were good. However, the tilmicosin treated calves improved more rapidly. Significantly greater improvements (P less than or equal to 0.05) were observed in their demeanour and appetite during the first 10 days after treatment began, and in their respiratory condition between five and 10 days after treatment began.  相似文献   

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Four- and nine-week-old poults were inoculated with cell culture propagated avian pneumovirus (APV) into each conjunctival space and nostril, followed by inoculation 3 days later with Escherichia coli, Bordetella avium (BA), or Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale or a mixture of all three (EBO). Clinical signs were evaluated on days 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, and 14 postinoculation (PI) of APV. The poults were euthanatized on days 2, 4, 6, 10, and 14 PI, and blood and tissues were collected. The poults that received APV followed by EBO or BA alone developed more severe clinical signs related to nasal discharge and swelling of intraorbital sinuses than did poults inoculated with APV alone or bacteria alone. More severe pathologic changes were found in poults inoculated with APV+BA that extended to the air sacs and lungs, particularly in 9-wk-old poults. Bordetella avium was recovered from tracheas and lungs of birds that were inoculated with APV followed by EBO or BA alone. APV was detected by immunohistochemical staining in the upper respiratory tract longer in the groups of poults inoculated with APV and pathogenic bacteria than in those that received only APV, particularly when BA was involved. Viral antigen was also detected in the lungs of poults that were inoculated with APV followed by administration of EBO or BA alone. Loss of cilia on the epithelial surface of the upper respiratory tract was associated with BA infection and may enhance infection with APV, allowing deeper penetration of the virus into the respiratory tract.  相似文献   

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Groups of 25 chickens free of maternal antibody to reticuloendotheliosis virus (REV) were inoculated with either third or seventh passage REV at either one or seven days of age. Some of the birds inoculated at day 1 with REV were inoculated with Salmonella typhimurium either concurrently or six or 13 days later while some of those inoculated with REV at day 7 were inoculated concurrently with S typhimurium. At day old, infection with S typhimurium alone caused the death of 12 of 25 chicks whereas in the dual infection, using the third passage REV, 18 of 25 birds died. Similarly no seven or 14 day old chickens died when challenged with S typhimurium alone, but previous day-old infection with REV caused a respective mortality of eight of 25 and five of 25 birds. With the seventh passage REV a similar pattern was seen. At day old S typhimurium infection alone killed seven of 25 birds whereas combined with virus the mortality was 14 of 25 and while S typhimurium alone killed none of 25 chicks infected at seven days old, the mortality in birds also infected with REV was 14 of 25. Combined virus and bacterial infections did not increase the proportion of feathering defects in birds surviving S typhimurium infections. There was a significantly higher proportion of feathering defects in birds infected with third passage virus compared with seventh passage virus. Although a higher proportion of birds had antibody responses to REV in the seventh than in the third passage group, there was no discernible difference in the effect the different viruses had on chickens' susceptibility to S typhimurium.  相似文献   

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Nine serologic types of avian paramyxovirus (APMV) have been recognized. Newcastle disease virus (APMV-1) is the most extensively characterized virus, while relatively little information is available for the other APMV serotypes. In the present study, we examined the pathogenicity of two strains of APMV-2, Yucaipa and Bangor, in 9-day-old embryonated chicken eggs, 1-day-old specific-pathogen-free (SPF) chicks, and 4-wk-old SPF chickens and turkeys. The mean death time in 9-day-old embryonated chicken eggs was more than 168 hr for both strains, and their intracerebral pathogenicity index (ICPI) was zero, indicating that these viruses are nonpathogenic in chickens. When inoculated intracerebrally in 1-day-old chicks, neither strain caused disease or replicated detectably in the brain. This suggests that the zero ICPI value of APMV-2 reflects the inability of the virus to grow in neural cells. Groups of twelve 4-wk-old SPF chickens and turkeys were inoculated oculonasally with either strain, and three birds per group were euthanatized on days 2, 4, 6, and 14 postinoculation for analysis. There were no overt clinical signs of illnesses, although all birds seroconverted by day 6. The viruses were isolated predominantly from the respiratory and alimentary tracts. Immunohistochemistry studies also showed the presence of a large amount of viral antigens in epithelial linings of respiratory and alimentary tracts. There also was evidence of systemic spread even though the cleavage site of the viral fusion glycoprotein does not contain the canonical furin protease cleavage site.  相似文献   

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药物对球虫感染鸡血液及生化指标的影响   总被引:9,自引:1,他引:8  
1日龄艾维因肉鸡分为 4个组 ,即中药组、马杜霉素组、感染不给药组和不感染不给药组 ,每组 2 0只。中药组从 1日龄开始即投喂含 0 .1%中草药复方制剂 (由绞股蓝皂甙、去油鸦胆子仁等组成 )的饲料 ;马杜霉素组从 12日龄起投喂含马杜霉素 5 mg/ kg的饲料。前 3组于 14日龄感染鸡柔嫩艾美耳球虫孢子化卵囊。卵囊攻击前及攻击后 4、7d分别采血 ,测定血液红细胞数、血钾、血钠、血磷、血清白蛋白和血清总蛋白含量。结果表明 ,卵囊攻击后 4、7d,感染不给药组的红细胞数显著低于其他各组 (P<0 .0 5 ) ,卵囊攻击后 7d,血钾浓度显著高于其他各组 (P<0 .0 5 ) ,血清白蛋白和血清总蛋白显著低于其他各组 (P<0 .0 5 ) ;卵囊攻击后 7d,中药组血液红细胞数显著低于不感染不给药组 (P<0 .0 5 ) ,但显著高于感染不给药组 (P<0 .0 5 ) ;马杜霉素组的各项测定指标与不感染不给药组相比无显著差异 (P>0 .0 5 ) ;卵囊攻击后 ,各组间的血磷和血糖值无显著差异 (P>0 .0 5 )。结果提示 ,药物能抵抗球虫感染 ,血液各项指标得以保持相对恒定。  相似文献   

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OBJECTIVE: To examine effects of co-infection with porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) and Bordetella bronchiseptica in pigs. ANIMALS: Forty 3-week-old pigs. Procedure-30 pigs (10 pigs/group) were inoculated with PRRSV, B bronchiseptica, or both. Ten noninoculated pigs were control animals. RESULTS: Clinical signs, febrile response, and decreased weight gain were most severe in the group inoculated with both organisms. The PRRSV was isolated from all pigs in both groups inoculated with virus. All pigs in both groups that received PRRSV had gross and microscopic lesions consistent with interstitial pneumonia. Bordetella bronchiseptica was cultured from all pigs in both groups inoculated with that bacterium. Colonization of anatomic sites by B bronchiseptica was comparable between both groups. Pigs in the group that received only B bronchiseptica lacked gross or microscopic lung lesions, and B bronchiseptica was not isolated from lung tissue. In the group inoculated with B bronchiseptica and PRRSV, 3 of 5 pigs 10 days after inoculation and 5 of 5 pigs 21 days after inoculation had gross and microscopic lesions consistent with bacterial bronchopneumonia, and B bronchiseptica was isolated from the lungs of 7 of those 10 pigs. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE: Clinical disease was exacerbated in co-infected pigs, including an increased febrile response, decreased weight gain, and B bronchiseptica-induced pneumonia. Bordetella bronchiseptica and PRRSV may circulate in a herd and cause subclinical infections. Therefore, co-infection with these organisms may cause clinical respiratory tract disease and leave pigs more susceptible to subsequent infection with opportunistic bacteria.  相似文献   

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Oligodeoxynucleotides (ODN) containing cytosine-phosphodiester-guanine (CpG) motifs have been shown to be effective immunoprotective agents in murine models for a variety of viral, intracellular bacterial, and protozoan infections. We recently have shown that CpG ODN protects against extracellular bacterial infections in mature chickens. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of CpG ODN on Escherichia coli septicemia in neonatal broiler chicks. Two-day-old chicks, or embryonated eggs that had been incubated for 18 or 19 days, received 50 microg CpG ODN. Three days after exposure to CpG ODN, a virulent isolate of E. coli was inoculated subcutaneously in the neck of each bird. Birds were examined for 7 days post-E. coli challenge and dinical, pathologic, and bacteriologic assessments were conducted. The control group of birds that received no CpG ODN had a survival rate of 0% to 20%. In contrast, groups that received CpG ODN, either by intramuscular or in ovo routes, had significantly higher survival rates (P < 0.0001). Bacterial counts in air sacs were significantly lower when birds or embryos were treated with CpG ODN as compared with controls. A dose as low as 10 microg of CpG ODN, administered intramuscularly, was able to protect birds significantly against E. coli challenge. Formulation of CpG ODN with 30% Emulsigen did not enhance the protection. This study demonstrates that CpG ODN has systemic protective effects in broiler chicks against E. coli infections. This is the first time that CpG ODN has been demonstrated to have an immunoprotective effect against a bacterial infection in chicks following in ovo delivery.  相似文献   

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Experimental groups of 15 susceptible 3-week-old turkeys were inoculated oculonasally with avian metapneumovirus (APV) subtype A and susceptible Escherichia coli O2:K1 and Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale (ORT) bacteria, with a 3 days interval between viral and bacterial inoculation and approximately 8h between the two bacterial inoculations. The aims of the present study were to assess the efficacy of drinking-water administration of enrofloxacin for 3 and 5 days, amoxicillin for 5 days and florfenicol for 5 days for the treatment of the resulting respiratory disease, based on clinical and bacteriological examinations. Antimicrobial treatment started 1 day after dual bacterial inoculation. After infection, the birds were examined and scored for clinical signs daily, weighed at different times, and their tracheae swabbed daily. Five birds were euthanised and examined for macroscopic lesions at necropsy at 5 days post-bacterial inoculation (dpbi) and the remainder at 15dpbi. Samples of the turbinates, trachea, lungs, sinuses, air sacs, heart, pericardium and liver were collected for bacteriological examination. Recovery from respiratory disease caused by an APV/E. coli/ORT triple infection in 3-week-old turkey poults was overall most successful after enrofloxacin treatment, irrespective of treatment duration, followed by florfenicol treatment. Compared with the untreated group, clinical signs as well as ORT and E. coli multiplication in the respiratory tract were significantly reduced by both enrofloxacin treatments and the florfenicol treatment, with the enrofloxacin treatments showing significantly better reductions than the florfenicol treatment. Five-day treatment with amoxicillin, compared with the untreated group, did not cause a significant reduction in any of the aforementioned parameters.  相似文献   

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1. Toxic effects of two concentrations (0.5 and 1 mg/kg) of ochratoxin A (OTA) and attenuating effects of a toxin deactivator (Mycofix Plus(MTV INSIDE)) containing the yeast Trichosporon mycotoxinivorans on the performance (feed conversion ratio; body weight gain), serum enzymes (lactate dehydrogenase, gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase and aspartate aminotransferase) and clinico-pathomorphology of internal organs were studied in 270 one-day-old broiler chicks divided into 9 groups over a 42-d period. 2. Feed conversion ratios (FCR) in groups fed toxin deactivator were improved compared with groups receiving OTA only. An increase in the relative weight of kidney and liver was observed in groups fed 0.5 and 1 mg/kg OTA on day 42 of the experiment as compared with the control group. In contrast, relative weights of bursa of Fabricius and spleen were not significantly affected in experimental groups exposed to OTA as compared to control groups determined on days 28 and 42 of age. 3. Serum enzymes (LDH, GGT and AST) values in OTA treated groups determined on days 28 and 42 were higher than those of the control group. 4. Histopathological examination of kidney on day 42 revealed degenerative changes in the epithelial cells of the proximal convoluted tubules and massive necrosis of the proximal tubular epithelial cells. These changes were less marked in birds receiving 0.5 mg/kg OTA than in those receiving 1 mg/kg. In general, histological changes in kidneys, liver, bursa and spleen were less pronounced in birds receiving OTA and toxin deactivator concomitantly. 5. Dietary OTA at 0.5 and 1 mg/kg adversely affects FCR, increases the serum liver enzymes and induces pronounced pathomorphological and histological changes in internal organs of broiler chicks. Co-administration of OTA with deactivator attenuated the harmful effects.  相似文献   

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