A highly virulent strain of infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) was isolated from the field and propagated in SPF chickens, causing up to 100% mortality. Although it still belongs to the standard serotype 1 IBD viruses, serological typing with monoclonal antibodies showed an antigenic drift in this pathogenic strain. Conventional 'intermediate' IBD vaccines are probably more antigenically related to the pathogenic strain than the mild ones and were effective in protecting SPF chickens against challenge.
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Viruses
January 2025
Department of Avian and Rabbit Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig 44511, Egypt.
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Laboratory of Animal Nutrition, Department of Animal Science, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan. Electronic address:
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Laboratory of Molecular Biophysics, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden.
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Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Faculty of Medicine, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Turkey.
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Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Cerrahpasa Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University - Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, TUR.
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