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Infectious bronchitis in New Zealand chickens
Authors: McCausland IP, Hunter R, Carter MEPublication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 20, Issue 7, pp 120-124, Jul 1972
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Animal type: Avian, Poultry, Production animal
Subject Terms: Eggs, Viral, Respiratory system, Disease/defect, Infectious disease, Reproduction, Reproduction - female
Article class: Scientific Article
Abstract: Infectious bronchitis is an acute and highly contagious viral disease which typically appears as an upper respiratory tract infection of young chickens (Hofstad, 1959b). The causative agent also causes a drop in the quantity and quality of eggs laid by adult birds (McDougall, 1968) and severe nephritis, commonly termed uraemia, in young chickens (Cumming, 1969a). In the United States and in Britain the virus is considered an important member of a group of respiratory agents which together are responsible for considerable economic loss to the poultry industry (McMartin, 1963). In Australia, uraemia is a major disease hazard which in 1954 was considered the most important disease of the poultry industry in New South Wales (Hungerford, 1962). There have been two reports of isolation of the virus in New Zealand (Pohl, 1967; 1968), but they contain only limited information on the diseases associated with the virus isolates.
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