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Thiemann R, Dalton MF, Rose H, Baughman B, Butler A, Adcock K, Nemeth N, Armour N. An Investigation of the Cause of Wild Turkey Mortality in Mississippi. Avian Dis 2022; 66:237-242. [PMID: 35838749 DOI: 10.1637/aviandiseases-d-22-00007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/13/2022] [Accepted: 04/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Lymphoproliferative disease virus (LPDV) is an exogenous alpharetrovirus that sporadically causes fatal lymphoid neoplasia in affected turkeys. Previous studies of wild turkeys (Meleagridis gallopavo) in the United States have demonstrated geographically widespread LPDV infection and frequent coinfection with avian poxvirus (APV) and reticuloendotheliosis virus (REV). This study was conducted to better understand health risks to Mississippi wild turkeys, including the relative importance of LPDV, APV, and REV in contributing to mortality. Thirteen wild turkeys, which died naturally or were euthanized due to illness, were submitted to Mississippi State University's Poultry Research and Diagnostic Laboratory for postmortem examinations. Birds originated from nine counties across the state over the past 5 yr. Carcasses were submitted as fresh (nonfrozen) or frozen. At autopsy, 9 of 13 turkeys had severe, proliferative cutaneous lesions on the head and neck, with diphtheritic or proliferative oral and esophageal lesions. Samples were collected for molecular diagnostic testing (LPDV and REV PCR), histopathology, and bacterial culture and isolation. External and internal parasites were preserved in formalin for identification. APV (cutaneous and/or diphtheritic forms) was diagnosed in 9 of 13 birds by identification of pathognomonic histologic lesions (including intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies). Interestingly, all birds with APV were also REV PCR positive. Furthermore, eight turkeys were positive for LPDV, and LPDV was commonly associated with coinfections with APV and REV.
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- Rachel Thiemann
- Poultry Research and Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Pathobiology and Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, 3137 MS-468, Pearl, MS 39208,
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- Mississippi Veterinary Research and Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Pathobiology and Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, 3137 MS-468, Pearl, MS 39208
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- Mississippi Veterinary Research and Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Pathobiology and Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, 3137 MS-468, Pearl, MS 39208
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- Mississippi Veterinary Research and Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Pathobiology and Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, 3137 MS-468, Pearl, MS 39208
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- Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, Jackson, MS 39211
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- Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study and Department of Pathology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602
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- Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study and Department of Pathology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602
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- Poultry Research and Diagnostic Laboratory, Department of Pathobiology and Population Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, 3137 MS-468, Pearl, MS 39208
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Bagust TJ, Grimes TM. Experimental infection of chickens with an Australian strain of reticuloendotheliosis virus. 2. Serological responses and pathogenesis. Avian Pathol 2008; 8:375-89. [PMID: 18770465 DOI: 10.1080/03079457908418365] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Fifteen SPF chickens were inoculated with an Australian strain of reticuloendotheliosis virus (REV) at 1 day of age and five uninoculated chickens were readily infected by horizontal spread from this group. Antibody detectable by the immunofluorescent antibody (IFA) test developed 3 to 6 weeks after infection, and usually persisted for 20-35 weeks, with maximum titres (40-1280) at 8 to 13 weeks. Agar gel precipitin (AGP) reactions developed more slowly and were variable in duration, the highest proportion of positive reactions being detectable 8 to 13 weeks after infection and persisting for 8 to 30 weeks. Infectious REV was readily detected in the plasma and serum of inoculated chickens 6 weeks after infection and a non-infectious REV antigenaemia usually persisted for at least a further 7 weeks, in the presence or absence of antibody. Development of a detectable REV viraemia was strongly associated with poor body development and premature mortality among the inoculated chickens. In two inoculated chickens which failed to develop detectable serological reactions, a REV viraemia occurred which persisted throughout life. At autopsy, REV was re-isolated from the kidneys of most of the inoculated chickens and from the reproductive and intestinal systems of two birds 22 and 56 weeks after infection.
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- T J Bagust
- CSIRO Division of Animal Health, Animal Health Research Laboratory, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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Wang J, Meers J, Spradbrow PB, Robinson WF. Evaluation of immune effects of fowlpox vaccine strains and field isolates. Vet Microbiol 2006; 116:106-19. [PMID: 16650660 DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2006.03.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2006] [Revised: 03/01/2006] [Accepted: 03/17/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The immune effects of fowlpox virus (FPV) field isolates and vaccine strains were evaluated in chickens infected at the age of 1 day and 6 weeks. The field isolates and the obsolete vaccine strain (FPV S) contained integrated reticuloendotheliosis virus (REV) provirus, while the current vaccine strain (FPVST) carries only REV LTR sequences. An indirect antibody ELISA was used to measure the FPV-specific antibody response. The non-specific humoral response was evaluated by injection of two T-cell-dependent antigens, sheep red blood cells (SRBC) and bovine serum albumin (BSA). There was no significant difference in the antibody response to FPV between chickens infected with FPV various isolates and strains at either age. In contrast, antibody responses to both SRBC and BSA were significantly lower in 1-day-old chickens inoculated with field isolates and FPV S at 2-3 weeks post-inoculation. Furthermore, cell-mediated immune (CMI) responses measured by in vitro lymphocyte proliferation assay and in vivo using a PHA-P skin test were significantly depressed in chickens inoculated with field isolates and FPV S at the same periods. In addition, thymus and bursal weights were lower in infected chickens. These immunosuppressive effects were not observed in chickens inoculated with the current vaccine strain, FPVST, at any time. The results of this study suggest that virulent field isolates and FPV S have immunosuppressive effects when inoculated into young chickens, which appeared in the first 3 weeks post infection. REV integrated in the FPV field isolates and FPV S may have played a central role in the development of immunosuppression.
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- Jianning Wang
- Investigation & Diagnostic Centre-Wallaceville, Biosecurity New Zealand, Ministry of Agriculture & Forestry, Ward Street, Upper Hutt 6007, New Zealand.
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Keller LH. Protection against reticuloendotheliosis virus—strain T tumours is associated with JMV‐1 culture supernatant‐enhanced natural killer cell activity. Avian Pathol 1992; 21:389-99. [DOI: 10.1080/03079459208418857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Chen PY, Cui Z, Lee LF, Witter RL. Serologic differences among nondefective reticuloendotheliosis viruses. Arch Virol 1987; 93:233-45. [PMID: 3030238 DOI: 10.1007/bf01310977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Antigenic relationships among 26 isolates of reticuloendotheliosis virus (REV) obtained from several avian species were compared by cross neutralization tests with polyclonal chicken sera and by immunofluorescent assays with monoclonal antibodies to REV strain T. The isolates were all strongly related by neutralization assays and thus probably constitute a single serotype. However, 3 antigenic subtypes were suggested by minor but distinct differences in neutralization titers. The validity of these 3 subtype designations was confirmed by differential reactivity of viral isolates to selected monoclonal antibodies. Subtype-associated differences in serum antibody titers were noted following the inoculation of chickens with the REV isolates.
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Walker MH, Rup BJ, Rubin AS, Bose HR. Specificity in the immunosuppression induced by avian reticuloendotheliosis virus. Infect Immun 1983; 40:225-35. [PMID: 6187691 PMCID: PMC264840 DOI: 10.1128/iai.40.1.225-235.1983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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Several parameters of the cellular and humoral immune responses of chickens infected with reticuloendotheliosis virus (REV-T), an avian defective acute leukemia virus, or with its helper virus, reticuloendotheliosis-associated virus (REV-A), were evaluated. Spleen cells from chickens infected with REV-T (REV-A) or REV-A exhibited depressed mixed lymphocyte and mitogen responses in vitro. Allograft rejection was delayed by 6 to 14 days in birds infected with REV-A. The specific antitumor cell immune response was also studied by a 51Cr-release cytotoxicity assay. Lymphocytes from chickens infected with low numbers of the REV-T-transformed cells exhibited significant levels of cytolytic reactivity against the 51Cr-labeled REV-T tumor cells in vitro. The mitogen response of lymphocytes from these injected birds was similar to that of uninjected chickens. In contrast, lymphocytes from chickens injected with higher numbers of REV-T-transformed cells exhibited suppressed mitogen reactivity and failed to develop detectable levels of cytotoxic activity directed against the REV-T tumor cells. These results suggest that the general depression of cellular immune competence which occurs during REV-T (REV-A) infection could contribute to the development of this acute leukemia by inhibiting the proliferation of cytotoxic cells directed against the tumor cell antigens. The cytotoxic effect observed after the injection of chickens with non-immunosuppressive levels of REV-T-transformed cells appears to be specific for the REV-T tumor cell antigens since cells transformed by Marek's disease virus or avian erythroblastosis virus were not lysed. In marked contrast, birds whose cellular immune responses were suppressed by infection with REV-A were capable of producing a humoral immune response to viral antigens. Detectable levels of viral antibody, however, did not appear until 12 to 15 days after REV-A infection. Since REV-T (REV-A) induced an acute leukemia resulting in death within 7 to 14 days, it appears unlikely that the ability of chickens to make antiviral antibody influences the development of lethal reticuloendotheliosis.
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Differential mortality and lesion responses to reticuloendotheliosis virus infection in Marek's disease-resistant and susceptible chicken lines. Immunogenetics 1978; 7:169-72. [DOI: 10.1007/bf01844003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/1978] [Revised: 03/06/1978] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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