Concurrent Infections of Chicken Infectious Anemia and Infectious Bursal Disease in 5 Weeks Old Pullets in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria
Adedeji A.J, Sati N.M, Pewan S.B, Ogbu K.I, Adole J.A, Lazarus D.D, Ijiwo S.J, Okpanachi A, Nwagbo I.O, Joannis, T.M and Abdu P.A
National Veterinary Research Institute, Vom, Nigeria; 2Federal College of Animal Health and Production Technology, Vom, Nigeria; 3Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, National Veterinary Research Institute, Vom, Nigeria, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria; 4Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Nigeria.
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High morbidity in 5 weeks old commercial pullets due to chicken infectious anemia and infectious bursal disease
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High morbidity and mortality in 5 weeks old commercial pullets due to chicken infectious anemia and infectious bursal disease
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High mortality in 5 weeks old commercial pullets due to chicken infectious anemia and infectious bursal disease
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Severe hemorrhages in the beast muscles (A) in 5 weeks old commercial pullets due to chicken infectious anemia and infectious bursal disease
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Hemorrhages at the proventriculus-gizzard junction (B) in 5 weeks old commercial pullets due to chicken infectious anemia and infectious bursal disease
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Hemorrhages in the leg muscles (C) in 5 weeks old commercial pullets due to chicken infectious anemia and infectious bursal disease
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Agar gel immunodiffusion test positive wells with a precipitin between positive control (+ve) and wells A. There was no precipitin around the negative control (-ve)
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Visualization of polymerase reaction product of chicken anemia virus from bursa of chicken, Lanes 1 and 2 are the sample; +ve is the positive control and –ve ois the negative control; Positive samples were amplified at 186 bps and the ladder is 50 bps