Isolation of a paramyxovirus-3 from turkeys with respiratory tract disease in Germany
Redmann, T.; Zeydanli, M.M.; Herbst, W.; Kaleta, E.F.
Deutsche Tierärztliche Wochenschrift 98(4): 138-141
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0341-6593 PMID: 1829671 Document Number: 374400
In fattening turkeys 2.5 weeks of age a respiratory disease associated with coughing, nasal discharge and swelling of the infraorbital sinus was seen. Pathological findings in diseased turkeys were sinusitis, tracheitis, pneumonia and aerosacculitis. Virological investigations of trachea, kidney and intestine in SPF-chicken embryos resulted in the isolation of a virus, that could be identified as a paramyxovirus type 3 due to chemical-physical, biological, morphological and immunological properties. The pathogenicity of the isolate 324/86 to turkeys was shown in a test with three weeks old turkey poults. This is the first isolation and identification of a paramyxovirus-3 of turkeys in Germany.