Article
Molecular and pathological characterisation of genotype VII Newcastle disease virus on Egyptian chicken farms during 2016-2018.
Acta veterinaria Hungarica - 4 Sept 2020
Mousa Mohamed R, Mohammed Faten F, El-Deeb Ayman H, Khalefa Hanan Saad, Ahmed Kawkab A
Abstract excerpt
Newcastle disease virus (NDV) remains a constant threat to the poultry industry even with intensive vaccination programmes. In the present study, 40 samples were collected from farms showing high mortalities in some Egyptian governorates between 2016 and 2018. Tracheal samples were collected for virus isolation and confirmed by real-time RT-PCR. Molecular characterisation was performed by sequencing, followed by...
Topics
- Animals
- Chickens
- Egypt
- Genotype
- Newcastle Disease
- Newcastle disease virus
- Poultry Diseases