USE OF CHICKEN TRACHEAL ORGAN-CULTURES FOR ISOLATION AND ASSAY OF AVIAN INFECTIOUS BRONCHITIS VIRUS
USE OF CHICKEN TRACHEAL ORGAN-CULTURES FOR ISOLATION AND ASSAY OF AVIAN INFECTIOUS BRONCHITIS VIRUS
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DOI:
10.1007/bf01318005
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发表时间:
1976-01-01
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
PETERS, RW
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作者:
COOK, JKA;DARBYSHIRE, JH;PETERS, RW
A study was made of the use of chicken tracheal organ cultures for the isolation and assay of avian infectious bronchitis (AIB) virus from naturally and experimentally infected chickens. Six strains of AIB virus were investigated, 3 of which were isolated from natural outbreaks of disease. Two of the virus isolations from the outbreaks of AIB were made directly into tracheal organ cultures without passage in embryonated eggs. Organ cultures prepared from 20 day old embryos were used since they were somewhat more sensitive in virus assay than those derived from chickens of up to 31 days of age. Ciliostasis, used as the marker of infectivity, was complete by 3 days after inoculation with each strain of virus examined. Virus could be isolated from respiratory and non-respiratory tissue in tracheal organ cultures and these cultures were at least sensitive as 9 day old embryonated eggs in detecting AIB virus in pathological material or in serial dilutions. When virus was assayed in both systems, the titers were very similar. Chicken embryo tracheal organ cultures, seem to offer a reliable alternative system to embryonated eggs for studying AIB virus.