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Vaccine. 2008 Dec 8. [Epub ahead of print]
Pathobiology of triple reassortant H3N2 influenza viruses in breeder turkeys and its potential implication for vaccine studies in turkeys.
Pillai SP, Pantin-Jackwood M, Jadhao SJ, Suarez DL, Wang L, Yassine HM, Saif YM, Lee CW. - Food Animal Health Research Program, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH 44691, United States; Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, United States.
Triple reassortant (TR) H3N2 influenza viruses have been isolated from turkeys in the United States since 2003.
These TR H3N2 virus infections have been associated with drastic declines in egg production in breeder turkeys although co-infection with multiple agents could have been responsible for exacerbating the clinical signs.
In this study, we experimentally confirmed that TR H3N2 influenza virus alone can cause drastic reduction/complete cessation of egg production and pathology of the reproductive tract in 26-week-old breeder turkeys.
We confirmed high levels of virus replication and abundant distribution of avian specific alpha2,3 sialic acid-galactose receptors in the oviduct of these turkeys.
Although 2-6-week-old turkeys are routinely used for pathogenicity and vaccine protection studies, the low levels of viral shedding and asymptomatic infections in this age group often pose difficulty in interpretation of results.
Our study shows that breeder turkeys should be used to assess the potential pathogenicity of TR H3N2 viruses and the viral titers and pathology of the oviduct as well as egg production data can be good measures of protection following in vivo challenge in vaccine efficacy studies.
PMID: 19071183 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher
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Pathobiology of triple reassortant H3N2 influenza viruses in breeder turkeys and its potential implication for vaccine studies in turkeys.
Pillai SP, Pantin-Jackwood M, Jadhao SJ, Suarez DL, Wang L, Yassine HM, Saif YM, Lee CW. - Food Animal Health Research Program, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH 44691, United States; Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, United States.
Triple reassortant (TR) H3N2 influenza viruses have been isolated from turkeys in the United States since 2003.
These TR H3N2 virus infections have been associated with drastic declines in egg production in breeder turkeys although co-infection with multiple agents could have been responsible for exacerbating the clinical signs.
In this study, we experimentally confirmed that TR H3N2 influenza virus alone can cause drastic reduction/complete cessation of egg production and pathology of the reproductive tract in 26-week-old breeder turkeys.
We confirmed high levels of virus replication and abundant distribution of avian specific alpha2,3 sialic acid-galactose receptors in the oviduct of these turkeys.
Although 2-6-week-old turkeys are routinely used for pathogenicity and vaccine protection studies, the low levels of viral shedding and asymptomatic infections in this age group often pose difficulty in interpretation of results.
Our study shows that breeder turkeys should be used to assess the potential pathogenicity of TR H3N2 viruses and the viral titers and pathology of the oviduct as well as egg production data can be good measures of protection following in vivo challenge in vaccine efficacy studies.
PMID: 19071183 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher
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