Sero-Surveillance of Infectious Laryngotracheitis in Layer Birds in Bangladesh

Serological Survey of Infectious Laryngotracheitis in Broiler Flocks, Iran, 2018

Infectious Laryngotrachitis (ILT) is an acute respiratory disease with high morbidity and low mortality in poultry. ILT is caused by Gallid herpesvirus 1 (GaHV-1), a member of the Iltovirus genus and family Herpesviridae. It resulted in notable economic losses due to decreasing the growth rates, egg production, and increasing the mortality in commercial poultry, especially layer flocks, and usu...

Outbreak of Infectious Laryngotracheitis Following Vaccination in Pullet Flock

Histopathology of Infectious Laryngotracheitis in Chickens

1. The characteristic lesions of infectious laryngotracheitis are ordinarily restricted to the respiratory tract and are most pronounced in the larynx and trachea. Sometimes the eyelids are affected. A certain percentage of the cases are associated with bronchitis and peribronchitis, pneumonic areas and hemorrhages in the lung, while the involvement of the nasal passages, communicating sinuses,...

Avian infectious laryngotracheitis.

Avian infectious laryngotracheitis (ILT) herpesvirus continues to cause sporadic cases of respiratory disease in chickens world-wide. Sources of transmission of ILT infection are three-fold, namely: chickens with acute upper respiratory tract disease, latently infected 'carrier' fowls which excrete infectious laryngotracheitis virus (ILTV) when stressed, and all fomites (inanimate articles as w...

Sero-surveillance of Newcastle Disease Virus in Kuroilers and Indigenous Birds in Darjeeling District

Kuroilers are semi-synthetic, dual purpose breed of birds with higher productivity than indigenous breeds and are commonly reared in hilly area like Darjeeling district of West Bengal. The present study was intended to detect the sero-prevalence of Newcastle disease virus in kuroilers and indigenous birds in Darjeeling district of West Bengal. The serum samples from kuroilers (n=10) and indigen...