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<p> The aim of the study was to determine the aetiologic agent causing deaths in two flocks of Pekin ducklings at the age of 12 d in Poland. on the basis of clinical symptoms and pathological changes, viral hepatitis infection was suspected in the birds. During the necropsy, liver sections were collected, from which total cellular RNA was isolated. Then, real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was performed using primers complementary to the pre-S region of the duck hepatitis virus genome. In all liver samples, the presence of a 530 bp PCR product was detected. The RT-PCR demonstrated the presence of genetic material of duck hepatitis virus type 1 (DH type 1) in the examined ducklings.</p>
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The aim of the study was to determine the aetiologic agent causing deaths in two flocks of Pekin ducklings at the age of 12 d in Poland. on the basis of clinical symptoms and pathological changes, viral hepatitis infection was suspected in the birds. During the necropsy, liver sections were collected, from which total cellular RNA was isolated. Then, real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was performed using primers complementary to the pre-S region of the duck hepatitis virus genome. In all liver samples, the presence of a 530 bp PCR product was detected. The RT-PCR demonstrated the presence of genetic material of duck hepatitis virus type 1 (DH type 1) in the examined ducklings.

Outbreak of duck viral hepatitis in duckling flocks in Poland - case report

Journal of Veterinary Research

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The aim of the study was to determine the aetiologic agent causing deaths in two flocks of Pekin ducklings at the age of 12 d in Poland. on the basis of...

Outbreak of duck viral hepatitis in duckling flocks in Poland - case report

Published Online: Dec 20, 2014

Page range: 513 - 515

Received: Aug 12, 2014

Accepted: Nov 12, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bvip-2014-0078

Keywords
ducklings, duck viral hepatitis, Poland

© 2014 National Veterinary Research Institute in Pulawy

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Outbreak of duck viral hepatitis in duckling flocks in Poland - case report

Published Online: Dec 20, 2014

Page range: 513 - 515

Received: Aug 12, 2014

Accepted: Nov 12, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bvip-2014-0078

Keywordsducklings, duck viral hepatitis, Poland

© 2014 National Veterinary Research Institute in Pulawy

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
ducklings, duck viral hepatitis, Poland