An adenovirus from a turkey pathogenic to both chicks and turkey poults.
An adenovirus, designated T-75 isolant, was isolated from the cloacal swab of a clinically normal turkey, 13 weeks old. The T-75 isolant was identified as an adenovirus on the basis of physicochemical properties, cytopathology, and agar-gel precipitin test. Producing two-way cross-neutralization reactions with CELO virus, the isolant was classified as an avian adenovirus of serotype 1. The T-75 isolant was pathogenic to both chicks and turkey poults, causing hepatitis, respiratory disease, atrophy of the bursa of Fabricius, and/or growth depression of experimentally inoculated birds, varying with the host and route of inoculation.
D000256:Adenoviridae / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D000257:Adenoviridae Infections / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D000259:Aviadenovirus / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D002060:Bursa of Fabricius / Q000473:pathology; D002645:Chickens; D003588:Cytopathogenic Effect, Viral; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D014422:Turkeys / Q000382:microbiology*