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Susceptibility of three genetic lines of chicks to infection with a nephropathogenic T strain of avian infectious bronchitis virus.
Journal of comparative pathology - 1 Jan 2000
Ignjatovic J, Reece R, Ashton F
Abstract excerpt
Mortality rates were compared in three genetic lines of specific pathogen-free chicks inoculated with one of two doses of a nephropathogenic strain of avian infectious bronchitis (IB) virus. The mortality rates were influenced primarily by the chick strain, but also by age and dose of virus. Chicks of the inbred S line were highly susceptible. After inoculation with a low dose of virus at 2 and 4 weeks of age,...
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