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Fowl adenoviruses causing hydropericardium syndrome in poultry.

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Title Fowl adenoviruses causing hydropericardium syndrome in poultry.
 
Creator Kataria, J. M.
Dhama, K.
Nagarajan, S.
Chakraborty, S.
Kaushal, A.
Deb, R.
 
Subject Hydropericardium syndrome, fowl adenovirus, Epidemiology, Poultry, Diagnosis, Vaccine, Prevention, Control.
 
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Hydropericardium syndrome (HPS) (also known as Angara disease and Litchi heart disease) is an
emerging disease of poultry caused by fowl adenovirus. The disease affects birds between 3–6
weeks of age and is economically important due to significantly high/spiking mortality in young
broiler birds that may reach up to 50%. The disease can spread both vertically and
horizontally/laterally and has been reported in most of the Asian countries including India, Central
and South American countries, Russia and Europe. Concurrent infection with chicken infectious
anaemia (CIA) and infectious bursal disease (IBD) viruses aggravates the disease. Clinically, the
HPS is characterized by typical hydropericardium, anemia and necrotic hepatitis. The pathological
changes may be observed in vital visceral organs viz. liver, kidneys and heart along with
characteristic excessive acquisition of fluid in pericardial sac giving it a shape of litchi fruit.
Histopathologically, hepatocytes contain intranuclear inclusion bodies that are basophilic in
nature. Immunosuppression is mainly due to depletion of lymphocytes in bursa of Fabricius and
thymus. Clinical pathology includes decrease in blood cell counts and drastic variation in the
serum biochemical profiles. Besides isolation of the virus in SPF egg and cell culture, serological
tests like AGID, CIE, ELISA, SNT, HI, molecular techniques like PCR, PCR–RE digestion, real–
time PCR and others are used for diagnostic purposes. Sequencing of the short fiber gene can
differentiate various serotypes of the fowl adenovirus. Biosecurity at farms may act as an important
control measure. Several vaccines have been used for the control of disease, but in India,
inactivated oil emulsified vaccine is used in some farms. Even though the disease is an emerging
threat to the poultry industry, controlling the disease should not be as challenging due to the
availability of rapid diagnostics along with improved vaccines
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Date 2018-09-27T08:14:23Z
2018-09-27T08:14:23Z
2013-02-01
 
Type Journal
 
Identifier Kataria, J. M., Dhama, K., Nagarajan, S., Chakraborty, S., Kaushal, A. and Deb, R. 2013. Fowl adenoviruses causing hydropericardium syndrome in poultry. Adv Anim Vet Sci. 1: 5-13
2307-8316
http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/7303
 
Language English
 
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Publisher nexus academic publisher