Natural outbreak of Marek’s disease in indigenous chicken and Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria

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dc.contributor.authorAdedeji, Adeyinka
dc.contributor.authorAkanbi, Olatunde
dc.contributor.authorLuka, Pam
dc.contributor.authorAbdu, Paul
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-19T10:07:03Z
dc.date.available2020-02-19T10:07:03Z
dc.date.issued2019-05-24
dc.description.abstractCarcasses of an indigenous adult chicken and Japanese quail from different flocks were presented to a veterinary clinic for postmortem (PM) examination in 2014 in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria. PM observations revealed cutaneous, hepatic, and splenic tumors in the Indigenous chicken. The quail carcass was emaciated with hepatic tumors. Histopathology revealed severe focally extensive non-encapsulated circumscribed large nodules with pleomorphic population of cells mainly composed of lymphoplasmacytic and mixed neutrophilic polymorphonuclear cells in the chicken. The pleomorphic infiltration of lymphohistioplasmacytic cells mixed with neutrophilic polymorphonuclear cells in the quail was consistent with Marek’s disease virus (MDV) infection. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was carried out, and the Meq oncogene of the MDV was amplified in the samples collected from the chicken and quail to confirm the presence of the virulent MDV. The samples were also subjected to PCR for detection of MDV Rispens CVI988 vaccine strain which was detected in both chicken and quail samples. The findings in this study represent the first report of confirmatory diagnosis of MD using histopathology in an indigenous chicken and Japanese quail in Nigeria. It is also the first report of the detection of MDV Rispens CVI988 vaccine strain in unvaccinated chicken and quail in Nigeria.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2218-6050
dc.identifier.issn2226-4485
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3712
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherOpen Veterinary Journalen_US
dc.subjectIndigenous chicken,en_US
dc.subjectJapanese quail,en_US
dc.subjectMarek’s disease,en_US
dc.subjectNigeria.en_US
dc.titleNatural outbreak of Marek’s disease in indigenous chicken and Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeriaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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