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Biochemical and Histopathological Changes in Immune and Non Immune Broilers after Inoculation of Field Infectious Bursal Disease Virus

Biochemical and Histopathological Changes in Immune and Non Immune Broilers after Inoculation of Field Infectious Bursal Disease Virus

Beenish Zahid1,*, Asim Aslam2, Zafar Iqbal Chaudhry2 and Raheela Akhtar2

1Department of Zoology, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
2Department of Pathology, University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan

*      Corresponding author: bz-leo@hotmail.com

Fig 1
Histological structure of chicken thymus, bursa and spleen. A, thymus of group A at 3rd day post-infection (PI) showing hemorrhages (arrow) and mild lymphocytic depletion (arrowhead) in the follicles; B, Bursa of group A at 5th day PI showing severe hemorrhages (arrow) and lymphocytic depletion (arrowhead) in bursal follicles. C, spleen of group B at 5th day of PI showing severe congestion (arrow) and leukocytic infiltration (arrowhead); D, bursa from group A at 9th day of PI showing severe lymphoid follicle necrosis (arrowhead) with degraded epithelium (arrow).

Pakistan Journal of Zoology

April

Pakistan J. Zool., Vol. 56, Iss. 2, pp. 503-1000

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