title: Distribution of infectious bronchitis virus strains in different organs and evidence of vertical transmission in natural infection.
abstract: On the basis of partial sequencing of the infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) S1 gene, this study investigated the molecular diversity of the virus in two life periods of a batch of breeding hens at the field level. The chicks were vaccinated against IBV on the second day of life with the vaccine Ma5, but at the age of 18 days, they exhibited clinical signs and macroscopic lesions compatible with avian infectious bronchitis (IB). In the clinical disease stage, the Ma5 vaccine strain was detected in the trachea, lungs, and small intestine of the chicks, while IBV variants were detected in the bursa of Fabricius and kidneys. Subsequently, new samples were collected from the same batch at the end of the production cycle. In this phase, the Ma5 vaccine strain was detected in the kidneys, small intestine, and oviduct of the hens. However, a previously unidentified IBV variant was found in the cecal tonsils. Additionally, a fragment of viral RNA with that was completely identical to the corresponding region of the Ma5 vaccine was detected in the allantoic fluid of viable embryos from the hens under study after 18 days of incubation. These findings suggest that, in addition to the Ma5 vaccine, other strains of IBV variants can coexist, seeming to establish a chronic infection in the chickens, and that they can potentially be transmitted vertically. These results may assist in immunoprophylaxis control programs against IBV.
authors: Laboratório de Virologia Animal, Departamento de Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Av. PH Rolfs, s/n, Viçosa, MG, 36570-900, Brazil.
authors: Claiton Gonçalves
authors: CG
authors: Pereira
authors: Laboratório de Infectologia Molecular Animal, Instituto de Biotecnologia Aplicada a Agropecuária (BIOAGRO), Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Av. PH Rolfs, s/n, Viçosa, MG, 36570-900, Brazil.
authors: Giuliana Loreto
authors: GL
authors: Saraiva
authors: Núcleo de Análise de Biomoléculas (NuBiomol), Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Av. PH Rolfs, s/n, Viçosa, MG, 36570-900, Brazil.
authors: Pedro Marcus Pereira
authors: PM
authors: Vidigal
authors: Laboratório de Infectologia Molecular Animal, Instituto de Biotecnologia Aplicada a Agropecuária (BIOAGRO), Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Av. PH Rolfs, s/n, Viçosa, MG, 36570-900, Brazil.
authors: Juliana Lopes Rangel
authors: JL
authors: Fietto
authors: Laboratório de Infectologia Molecular Animal, Instituto de Biotecnologia Aplicada a Agropecuária (BIOAGRO), Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Av. PH Rolfs, s/n, Viçosa, MG, 36570-900, Brazil.
authors: Gustavo Costa
authors: GC
authors: Bressan
authors: Laboratório de Virologia Animal, Departamento de Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Av. PH Rolfs, s/n, Viçosa, MG, 36570-900, Brazil.
authors: Maria Aparecida Scatamburlo
authors: MA
authors: Moreira
authors: Laboratório de Infectologia Molecular Animal, Instituto de Biotecnologia Aplicada a Agropecuária (BIOAGRO), Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Av. PH Rolfs, s/n, Viçosa, MG, 36570-900, Brazil.
authors: Márcia Rogéria
authors: MR
authors: de Almeida
authors: Laboratório de Virologia Animal, Departamento de Veterinária, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Av. PH Rolfs, s/n, Viçosa, MG, 36570-900, Brazil. abelardo.junior@ufv.br.
authors: Abelardo Silva
authors: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9379-1686
authors: AS
authors: Júnior
mesh_terms: D000825:Animal Structures / Q000821:virology*; D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens / Q000821:virology*; D018352:Coronavirus Infections / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D001351:Infectious bronchitis virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000635:transmission* / Q000821:virology*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D064370:Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D064370:Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus