Dexamethasone reduces infectious bursal disease mortality in chickens.
J Vet Sci
; 22(3): e33, 2021 May.
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ABSTRACT
Very virulent infectious bursal disease virus (vvIBDV) causes high mortality in chickens but measures to reduce the mortality have not been explored. Chickens (8-9 weeks) were treated with 3 agents before and during vvIBDV inoculation. Dexamethasone treatment reduced the mortality of infected chickens (40.7% vs. 3.7%; p < 0.001), but treatment with aspirin or vitamin E plus selenium did not affect the mortality. The bursa of Fabricius appeared to have shrunk in both dead and surviving chickens (p < 0.01). The results indicate that dexamethasone can reduce mortality in vvIBDV-infected chickens and may provide therapeutic clues for saving individual birds infected by the virus.
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Assunto principal:
Doenças das Aves Domésticas
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Dexametasona
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Galinhas
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Infecções por Birnaviridae
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Imunossupressores
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Animals
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En
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J Vet Sci
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MEDICINA VETERINARIA
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2021
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Article