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Localisation of avian reovirus in the hock joints of chicks after entry through broken skin
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Localisation of avian reovirus in the hock joints of chicks after entry through broken skin

A I al Afaleq and R C Jones
Research in veterinary science, Vol.48(3), pp.381-382
01/05/1990
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0034-5288(18)31032-4
PMID: 2163092

Abstract

Animals Antibodies, Viral - analysis Arthritis, Infectious - microbiology Arthritis, Infectious - veterinary Chickens Hindlimb Joints - microbiology Neutralization Tests Poultry Diseases - microbiology Reoviridae - immunology Reoviridae - isolation & purification Reoviridae Infections - microbiology Reoviridae Infections - veterinary Skin - injuries Skin - microbiology Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms Tenosynovitis - microbiology Tenosynovitis - veterinary
Avian reoviruses are transmitted vertically via the egg and horizontally following the ingestion of infected faecal material. Experiments conducted on eight one-day-old specific pathogen free chicks provide evidence for occasional infection through broken skin and localisation in the hock joint.

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