Clinicopathological characterization and genomic sequence differences observed in a highly virulent fowl Aviadenovirus serotype 4

Pedro F. Vera-Hernández, Andrés Morales-Garzón, Diana V. Cortés-Espinosa, Alejandra Galiote-Flores, Laura J. García-Barrera, Elizabeth T. Rodríguez-Galindo, Arnulfo Toscano-Contreras, Eduardo Lucio-Decanini, Angel E. Absalón

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Abstract

Highly virulent fowl aviadenoviruses (genus: Aviadenovirus) represent a significant risk in poultry farming that may contribute to increased mortality rates and may adversely affect the growth performance of poultry flocks. In this study, we performed the clinicopathological characterization of a FAdV strain SHP95 isolated from a commercial farm and its whole genome sequencing. The study revealed that the isolated strain is a highly virulent serotype 4 FAdV that can cause 100% mortality in day-old specific pathogen free (SPF) chickens with a dose of 2.5 × 105 TCID50. At a lower viral dose (1.5 × 104 TCID50), the infection in day-old SPF chickens caused 40% mortality and lesions characteristic for Hepatitis-hydropericardium syndrome (HHS). The viral strain was detectable by real time PCR in chicken organs, including the lymphoid organs until day 28 after infection. The whole genome assembly of strain SHP95 revealed a size of 45,641 bp, which encodes for 42 viral open reading frame (ORF). The comparative analysis in the genome shows 98.1% similarity between strain SHP95 and other FAdV-4 genomes reported. The major differences in the genome sequence between pathogenic and non-pathogenic fowl Adenovirus were identified in the right arm of the genome.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)73-81
Number of pages9
JournalAvian Pathology
Volume45
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2 Jan 2016

Keywords

  • LMH cells
  • Thermocycler
  • Zymo Research
  • real time PCR
  • viral DNA

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