Comparison of Viremia, Cloacal Virus Shedding, Antibody Responses and Pathological Lesions in Adult Chickens, Quails, and Pigeons Infected with ALV-A

Subgroup A of the avian leukosis virus (ALV-A) can cause severe pathological lesions and death in infected chickens, and its reported hosts have increased recently. To assess the susceptibility of adult chickens, quails, and pigeons to ALV-A, three sets of 250-day-old birds were intraperitoneally inoculated with ALV-A. Viremia and cloacal virus shedding were dynamically detected using an immunofluorescence assay (IFA), ALV-P27 antigen ELISA or RT-PCR; pathological lesions were assessed using tissue sections; ALV-A in tissues was detected by IFA; and ALV-A antibody responses were detected using antibody ELISA kits and an immune diffusion test. The results indicated that persistent viremia occurred in 80% (8/10) of infected chickens, and transient viremia occurred in 17% (2/12) of infected quails, but no viremia occurred in infected pigeons. Cloacal virus shedding occurred intermittently in 80% (8/10) of infected chickens and in 8% (1/12) of infected quails but did not occur in infected pigeons. Severe inflammatory pathological lesions occurred in the visceral tissues of most infected chickens, and mild lesions occurred in a few of the infected quails, but no pathological lesions occurred in the infected pigeons. The ALV-A virus was detected in the visceral tissues of most infected chickens but not in the infected quails and pigeons. Obviously different ALV-A antibody responses occurred in the infected chickens, quails and pigeons. It can be concluded that adult chickens, quails and pigeons have dramatically different susceptibilities to ALV-A. This is the first report on artificial infection by ALV-A in different birds.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

Enthalten in:

Scientific reports - 9(2019), 1 vom: 28. Feb., Seite 3027

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zhang, Zhongsheng [VerfasserIn]
Hu, Weiguo [VerfasserIn]
Li, Baoquan [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Ru [VerfasserIn]
Shen, Weixing [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Huiling [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Huijun [VerfasserIn]
Li, Hongmei [VerfasserIn]

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Antibodies, Viral
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 17.09.2020

Date Revised 17.09.2020

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41598-019-39980-y

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM294407561