VIROLOGICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL STUDIES ON AVIAN ENCEPHALOMYELITIS AMONG YOUNG CHICKS AT EL-QASSIEM AREA, SAUDI ARABIA | ||
| Veterinary Medical Journal (Giza) | ||
| Volume 47, Issue 3, July 1999, Pages 343-350 PDF (2.97 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/vmjg.1999.371393 | ||
| Authors | ||
| A SAMI1; E MEHANA2 | ||
| 1Department of Virology, Fac. Vet. Med., Cairo University | ||
| 2Dept. of. Pathology and Parasitology, Fac. Vet. Med., Alex. Univ. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| A history of nervous disturbances and moralities (25%) among young chickens 10-21 day of age as well as a temporary drop in egg production and hatchability (10%) in parent flock occurred in a large poultry farm at EI-Qassiem area, kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Detection, isolation and identifi- cation of avian encephalomyelitis (AE) virus was done using embryonated chicken eggs, immuno- flourscence (IF) and Immunodiffusion (ID) tests. Serological investi gations were carried out on infected sera from both parent flocks and broiler chicks using Enzyme-linked immunosorbant assay (ELISA). Histopathological studies were carried out on samples from naturally infected chick brains as well as brains from inoculated hatched chicks. | ||
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