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Pathobiological and molecular studies on infectious Laryngotracheitis virus (ILTV) infection in commercial chicken flocks in India

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Title Pathobiological and molecular studies on infectious Laryngotracheitis virus (ILTV) infection in commercial chicken flocks in India
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Creator Munuswamy, Palanivelu
Singh, Karampal
Asok Kumar Mariappan
Kaore, Megha
Latheef, Shyma K
Anbazhagan, Karthikeyan
Singh, Vidya
Reddy, Maddula Ramakoti
Dhama, Kuldeep
 
Subject Chicken, Infectious laryngotracheitis, Pathology, Molecular epidemiology.
 
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Infectious laryngotracheitis (ILT) is one of the highly infectious and contagious diseases of chickens caused by Gallid Herpesvirus 1, a member of the genus Iltovirus. It is an economically important disease in major poultry producing countries, including India. Despite India having large population of poultry birds, very limited information is available on the disease magnitude and molecular epidemiology. We screened 560 tissue samples collected from necropsied cases of tracheitis and conjunctivitis to diagnose ILT by histopathology, immunohistochemistry and polymerase chain reaction. Out of 560 samples, ILT was diagnosed in 90 (16.07%) cases by histopathology; however, polymerase chain reaction detected ILT virus (ILTV) in 128 (22.85%). Immu-nohistochemistry of representative PCR positive tissues (n=30) from trachea, lungs and conjunctiva detected viral antigen in the lining or denuded epithelial cells in 76.66% (23/30) cases. Analysis of age wise occurrence of ILT cases in our study revealed 47.65% in adult birds over 18 weeks of age, 35.15% in grower birds aged between 7 and18 weeks of age, 17.18% in chicks aged less than 6 weeks. Nucleotide sequence of gene encoding viral thymidine kinase revealed involvement of vaccine and virulent strains of ILTV in the investigated cases. Based on our findings and recent publications, we conclude that there is resurgence or re-emergence of ILT in the chicken flocks in different parts of India, indicating a possible biosecurity breach. Further genetic characterization of virus by whole genome sequencing technologies would decipher the genotype circulating in India, and help to design suitable native vaccine candidate(s).
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Date 2023-05-30T04:35:35Z
2023-05-30T04:35:35Z
2021
 
Type Research Paper
 
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Language English
 
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