Haemagglutination inhibition antibodies, rectal temperature and total protein of chickens infected with a local Nigerian isolate of velogenic Newcastle disease virus.
Changes in values of haemagglutination inhibition (HI) antibody titre, rectal temperature (RT) and total protein (TP) were determined for Shaver Brown chickens infected with Newcastle disease virus (NDV) Kudu 113. The infected chickens came down with Newcastle disease by day 3 post infection (PI). The major clinical signs were depression, greenish diarrhoea, paralysis of legs and wings, opisthotonus and torticolis. Mortality and morbidity were 52% and 1000%, respectively. There were haemorrhagic lesions in the wall of the intestine, proventricular mucosa and caecal tonsils. There were necrosis and mononuclear cell infiltration of the liver, kidney and spleen. There was a significant increase in daily mean HI antibody titres from days 3 to 9 PI. Similarly, significant rise in daily mean RTs were noticed in the infected chickens from days 1 to 13 PI. On the other hand, there was a decrease in daily mean TP concentrations of infected chickens, beginning from day 3 PI, and the lowest concentration of 2.60 +/- 0.15 g/dl was obtained by days 7 and 11 PI. The values of HI, RT and TP for the control chickens were relatively constant during the experiment. The correlation coefficient (r) between HI and RT was positive and highly significant (r = 0.725, p<0.001), while the relationship between HI and TP was negative but highly significant (r = -0.712, p<0.001). It was concluded that NDV Kudu 113 induced increases in values of HI and RT, which occurred concurrently with a decrease in TP concentrations of infected chickens.
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Department of Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria. drbsunday@yahoo.com
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D000818:Animals; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000097:blood*; D001831:Body Temperature; D002645:Chickens / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D006385:Hemagglutination Inhibition Tests / Q000662:veterinary; D009521:Newcastle Disease / Q000276:immunology / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009522:Newcastle disease virus / Q000235:genetics; D009549:Nigeria; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000821:virology; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism*; D013997:Time Factors; D014774:Virulence / Q000235:genetics
D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D011506:Proteins
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