Difference between revisions of "Chicken Anaemia Virus Disease"
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Revision as of 15:16, 18 June 2011
Pathogenesis
- Atypical circovirus: codes for a second protein called apoptin
- Induces apoptosis of T cells in young chickens
Clinical Signs:
- Anaemia
- Atrophy of thymus and bone marrow
- Intramuscular hemorrhage
Epidemiology
- Endemic worldwide
- Transfer is both horizontal and vertical
Control
- No satisfactory vaccines
- Management and hygiene factors