Isolation, identification, antibiotic resistance profile and molecular analysis of Ornithobacterium rhinotracheal isolates from turkeys.

Background: Ornithobacterium rhinotracheal (ORT) infects numerous birds, particularly chickens and turkeys. ORT is an emerging bacterial pathogen of global concern in the poultry industry. As ORT is rapidly spreading throughout commercial poultry, it requires intensive studies of its epidemiology, diagnostic procedures, molecular typing, virulence genes and antimicrobial resistance.

Effect of Vaccination on Distribution and Immune Response of Avian Influenza Virus H9N2 in Coturnix coturnix.

Influenza viruses can multiply in quails and be transmitted to other animal species. As vaccination reduces virus shedding in chickens, the effect of the killed H9N2 avian influenza virus (AIV) on tissue distribution and virus shedding was evaluated in quails. One hundred 20-day-old quails were divided into six equal groups, kept in separate pens, and fed ad libitum.

Investigation of Newcastle Disease Virus Infection in Pet Birds in the Southwest of Iran.

Newcastle disease virus (NDV) is a serious threat to the international poultry industry. Therefore, to determine the role of pet birds (Psittaciformes and Passeriformes) in its spread and epidemiology, the presence of this virus in these birds was investigated. In this study, fecal and cloaca swabs from 63 Psittaciformes and 37 Passeriformes, along with tissue samples of dead birds, including proventriculus, trachea, lungs, and intestine, were collected from breeding and sales markets as well as the birds referred to Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran.

Effects of Selected Adjuvants on Immunogenicity and Protectivity of Bacterin Vaccine in Chickens.

Avian pasteurellosis (fowl cholera) is an important disease affecting domestic and wild birds all over the world. Although the capsular type A of is mostly involved, other capsular types are occasionally incriminated. The present study aimed at investigating the effect of some adjuvants on immunogenicity and protectivity of bacterin in chickens, compared to an Iranian commercial vaccine.

Avian Influenza-Killed Vaccine on Tissue Distribution and Shedding of Avian Influenza Virus H9N2 in Ducklings.

Ducks play an important role in the transmission of avian influenza to poultry farms. Because of the importance of vaccination in reducing virus shedding, this study evaluated avian influenza-killed vaccine H9N2 on tissue distribution and shedding of avian influenza virus H9N2 in ducklings. One hundred-day-old ducklings were purchased and, after bleeding from 20 birds, were kept in four separate rooms under standard conditions.