Infectious tenosynovitis (viral arthritis): influence of maternal antibodies on the development of tenosynovitis lesions after experimental infection by day-old chickens with tenosynovitis virus.
When chicks with maternal antibodies against infectious tenosynovitis (viral arthritis) virus were inoculated orally at 1 day old with tenosynovitis virus, they were protected against developing active tenosynovitis lesions 3 weeks later. They were not protected against subcutaneous inoculation, however. Breeder vaccination against tenosynovitis resulted in immunity of the progeny against oral infection at 1 day old, whereas progeny from unvaccinated breeders were susceptible to such a challenge.
D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D002645:Chickens / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000276:immunology*; D012087:Reoviridae / Q000276:immunology*; D012088:Reoviridae Infections / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary*; D013717:Tenosynovitis / Q000276:immunology
D000914:Antibodies, Viral