Newcastle disease virus (NDV) has been developed as a vector for vaccine and gene therapy purposes. However, the optimal insertion site for foreign gene expression remained to be determined. In the present study, we inserted the green fluorescence protein (GFP) gene into five different intergenic regions of the enterotropic NDV VG/GA vaccine strain using reverse genetics technology. The rescued...

RT-PCR for the detection of Newcastle disease virus (NDV) in allantoic fluids of SPF embryonated eggs as well as in tissues of SPF chickens infected experimentally is described. The method proved to be specific as all tested NDVs were detected and no cross reaction with other RNA viruses was observed. Sensitivity of the method was established at 10ELD50/0.1 ml. To detect NDV in chicken tissues,...

BACKGROUND Newcastle disease virus remains a constant threat in commercial poultry farms despite intensive vaccination programs. Outbreaks attributed to ND can escalate and spread across farms and states contributing to major economic loss in poultry farms. RESULTS Phylogenetic analysis in our study showed that eleven of the samples belonged to genotype VIId. All farms were concurrently posit...

The pathogenesis of five different Newcastle disease virus (NDV) isolates representing all pathotypes was examined in commercial and specific pathogen-free (SPF) turkeys. Experimentally-infected birds were monitored clinically and euthanatized, with subsequent tissue collection, for examination by histopathology, by immunohistochemistry for the presence of NDV nucleoprotein, and by in situ hybr...

Between November 1997 and February 2000, winter migratory waterfowls of several species staying in San-in district, western Japan were surveyed for influenza A virus and paramyxovirus at four stations. A total of 18 influenza A viruses was isolated from 1,404 fecal samples of whistling swans, pintails, mallards, and white-fronted geese. Five different hemagglutinins and eight neuraminidases wer...

Vaccination programs to control Newcastle disease include use of low virulent live virus vaccines or inactivated vaccines to induce protective immunity. In order to further characterize the immune response elicited by live virus, we evaluated both cellular and humoral immune response to Newcastle disease virus (NDV) consequent to vaccine application by oculonasal and intranasal routes. Specific...