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- Title
Pathology of Experimentally Induced Hydropericardium Syndrome in Ostrich.
- Authors
Rahman, Attaur; ur Rahman, Sadeeq; Ahmad, Ashfaq; Sajid, Abdul; Hussain, Muhammad Asif; Salman, Mian Muhammad; Khan, Niamat Ullah; Khan, Kamran; Rabbani, Fazli; Shahid, Muhammad Akbar; Ahmad, Irshad; Ahmad, Shakoor
- Abstract
Pathology of hydropericardium syndrome (HPS) induced by fowl adenovirus-4 (FAdV-4) in ostriches was compared with that of broiler chicken kept as standard. A 106.25/ml/bird (chicken lethal dose 50 (CLD50)) was injected to ostriches and broiler (control) and were clinically observed for 7 days. Our results showed that a peak cloacal temperature was recorded on day 3 and day 4 with a 2.3°F and 1.2°F maximum rise in broiler and ostrich, respectively. A decrease in feed and water intake was recorded in both broiler and ostrich from 116 g to 82 g/bird and from 235 ml to 172 ml/bird for broiler, and from 1300g to 790 g/bird and from 1433 ml to 995 ml/bird for ostriches on days 0-7 post-inoculation. Interestingly, morbidity was observed 100%, while maximum mortality of 100% in broiler and 33% in ostriches was observed on day 7 and 6 post-inoculation, respectively. Interestingly, gross lesions were found similar comprising hydropericardium, hepatomegaly, hepatitis, nephritis and spleenomegaly. Altogether, albeit, FAdV-4 caused similar symptoms and lesions in ostriche, however, mortality remained comparatively lower.
- Subjects
OSTRICHES; BROILER chickens; DRINKING (Physiology); PATHOLOGY; SYNDROMES; NEPHRITIS
- Publication
Pakistan Journal of Zoology, 2019, Vol 51, Issue 3, p1179
- ISSN
0030-9923
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.17582/journal.pjz/2019.51.3.SC1