title: Isolation of etiological agent of hydropericardium syndrome in chicken embryo liver cell culture and its serological characterization.
abstract: The virus causing hydropericardium syndrome was isolated in chicken embryo liver (CEL) cell culture from livers obtained from naturally infected broilers. The cytopathic effects characterized by rounding and degeneration of cells were visible 36 hr post infection in first passage. At 4th passage level, the infectivity titre was 5.24 log10 TCID50/ml. In May-Grunwald and Giemsa stained cells, basophilic intranuclear inclusions ('bird eye' inclusion), typical of aviadenovirus infection, were observed. The specificity of inclusion was confirmed by indirect immunofluorescence. Various serological tests, such as agar gel precipitation test, counter immuno electrophoresis, micro serum neutralization test and enzyme linked immunosorbent assay were also standardized to confirm the isolation of etiological agent of hydropericardium syndrome in CEL cell culture and to diagnose the disease in poultry.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterinary Microbiology, College of Veterinary Sciences, G. B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar-263 145.
authors.forename: Rajesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Rajesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chandra
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Shukla
mesh_terms: D000257:Adenoviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary / Q000821:virology; D000818:Animals; D000259:Aviadenovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002642:Chick Embryo; D002645:Chickens / Q000821:virology; D003588:Cytopathogenic Effect, Viral; D007181:Inclusion Bodies, Viral; D008099:Liver / Q000196:embryology / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology*; D010490:Pericardial Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary / Q000821:virology; D010496:Pericardium / Q000196:embryology / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000821:virology; D012698:Serologic Tests