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Vidaña B, Dolz R, Busquets N, Ramis A, Sánchez R, Rivas R, Valle R, Cordón I, Solanes D, Martínez J, Majó N. Transmission and immunopathology of the avian influenza virus A/Anhui/1/2013 (H7N9) human isolate in three commonly commercialized avian species. Zoonoses Public Health 2017; 65:312-321. [PMID: 28905526 DOI: 10.1111/zph.12393] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
H7N9 virus infection is a global concern, given that it can cause severe infection and mortality in humans. However, the understanding of H7N9 epidemiology, animal reservoir species and zoonotic risk remains limited. This work evaluates the pathogenicity, transmissibility and local innate immune response of three avian species harbouring different respiratory distribution of α2,6 and α2,3 SA receptors. Muscovy ducks, European quails and SPF chickens were intranasally inoculated with 105 embryo infectious dose (EID)50 of the human H7N9 (A/Anhui/1/2013) influenza isolate. None of the avian species showed clinical signs or macroscopic lesions, and only mild microscopic lesions were observed in the upper respiratory tract of quail and chickens. Quail presented more severe histopathologic lesions and avian influenza virus (AIV) positivity by immunohistochemistry (IHC), which correlated with higher IL-6 responses. In contrast, Muscovy ducks were resistant to disease and presented higher IFNα and TLR7 response. In all species, viral shedding was higher in the respiratory than in the digestive tract. Higher viral shedding was observed in quail, followed by chicken and ducks, which presented similar viral titres. Efficient transmission was observed in all contact quail and half of the Muscovy ducks, while no transmission was observed between chicken. All avian species showed viral shedding in drinking water throughout infection.
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- B Vidaña
- Pathology Department, Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), KT15 3NB, Pathology, Addlestone, UK
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- Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA), UAB-IRTA, Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA), UAB-IRTA, Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA), UAB-IRTA, Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain.,Departament de Sanitat i Anatomia Animals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA), UAB-IRTA, Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA), UAB-IRTA, Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA), UAB-IRTA, Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA), UAB-IRTA, Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA), UAB-IRTA, Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA), UAB-IRTA, Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain.,Departament de Sanitat i Anatomia Animals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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- Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA), UAB-IRTA, Campus de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain.,Departament de Sanitat i Anatomia Animals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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van den Brand J, Wohlsein P, Stalin Raj V, Smits S, Schippers D, Segalés J, Bensaid A, Solanes D, Volz A, Kuiken T, Baumgärtner W, Osterhaus A, Sutter G, Haagmans B. Mers Coronavirus Infection in Dromedary Camels. J Comp Pathol 2016. [PMCID: PMC7130402 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcpa.2015.10.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Pujols J, López-Soria S, Segalés J, Fort M, Sibila M, Rosell R, Solanes D, Russell L, Campbell J, Crenshaw J, Weaver E, Polo J. Lack of transmission of porcine circovirus type 2 to weanling pigs by feeding them spray-dried porcine plasma. Vet Rec 2009; 163:536-8. [PMID: 18978366 DOI: 10.1136/vr.163.18.536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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An experiment was conducted to determine whether spray-dried porcine plasma containing 2.47 x 10(5) dna copies of porcine circovirus type 2 (pcv-2) could infect weanling pigs when fed to them. Five specific pathogen-free (spf) weanling pigs were fed ad libitum for 45 days a control diet and six pigs were fed a test diet containing 8 kg sdpp per 100 kg feed. The two groups were housed in separate biosecurity level-3 rooms. None of the pigs in either group developed any clinical signs or became pcv-2 viraemic or seroconverted.
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- J Pujols
- Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (cresa), Fundación uab-irta, Esfera uab, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Peris S, Solanes D, Peña A, Enric-Rodríguez-Gil J, Riga T. Ion-mediated resistance to osmotic changes of ram spermatozoa: the role of amiloride and ouabain. Theriogenology 2000; 54:1453-67. [PMID: 11191869 DOI: 10.1016/s0093-691x(00)00467-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The aim of this study was to evaluate whether the Na+/K+ and Na+/H+ exchange can maintain the function of fresh ram spermatozoa. We analyzed the quality parameters of spermatozoa from fresh ram ejaculates incubated in iso- (about 300 mOsm), hypo- (about 100 mOsm) and hyperosmotic (about 900 mOsm) media in the presence of ouabain a specific inhibitor of the Na+/K+ ATP-ase or amiloride, a specific inhibitor of the Na+/H+ antiporter. Ouabain increased the percentage of morphologically altered acrosomes in isoosmotic media (from about 10% to 15% in control to about 30% with 10(-4) M ouabain) and decreased the percentage of total motility (from about 80% in control to about 50% to 55% with 10(-4) M ouabain). Ouabain decreased the mean linearity component of motility and decreased the frequency of head displacement. The addition of ouabain increased the percentage of altered acrosomes in the hypo- and hyperosmotic media, although it did not modify viability in either media. Ouabain also increased the percentage of swollen tails in the hypoosmotic medium at higher concentrations of the inhibitor. Amiloride increased the percentage of altered acrosomes in all media although its effect was less intense than that of ouabain. In isoosmotic media, total motility was decreased from about 80% in control to about 65% with 10(-4) M amiloride. Motile spermatozoa incubated with amiloride showed a clear decrease of mean velocity and mean linearity and increased frequency of head displacement. In the hyperosmotic medium, adding amiloride decreased the percentage of viability and altered tails at concentrations as low as 10(-6) to 10(-5) M. Our results indicate that the active mechanisms which control Na+ transport play a significant role in the maintenance of function in ram spermatozoa subjected to different osmotic environments. These mechanisms may be important in maintaining ram sperm function both "in vivo" and "in vitro".
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- S Peris
- Unit of Reproduction, School of Veterinary Medicine, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Bellaterra, Spain
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