title: Comparison of various diagnostic methods in characterizing Newcastle disease virus isolates from Desi chickens.
abstract: Eleven Newcastle disease viruses (NDV), isolated from apparently healthy and ailing Desi chickens were subjected to both conventional and modern characterization techniques. The virulence and strain differentiating experiments placed 10 isolates in the velogenic group and one in the mesogenic group. In MDBK cells, 9 isolates produced characteristic cytopathogenic effects up to 5 and 2 up to 3 passages. Molecular characterization with a 21-mer oligonucleotide probe placed all the isolates in the velogenic/mesogenic group. The results of this study clearly indicated that the isolates obtained are either velogenic or mesogenic but not lentogenic.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Biotechnology, Madras Veterinary College, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai, India.
authors.forename: V S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Raghavan
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kumanan
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Thirumurugan
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nachimuthu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002460:Cell Line; D002645:Chickens; D002988:Cloaca / Q000821:virology; D003588:Cytopathogenic Effect, Viral; D015342:DNA Probes / Q000737:chemistry; D004531:Eggs; D006386:Hemagglutination Tests / Q000662:veterinary; D007194:India; D009500:Neutralization Tests / Q000662:veterinary; D009521:Newcastle Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D009522:Newcastle disease virus / Q000145:classification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000737:chemistry; D014774:Virulence
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes; D012367:RNA, Viral