Advances in Animal and Veterinary Sciences

Research Article
Adv. Anim. Vet. Sci. 3 (7): 395 - 405
 
Figure 1

Necropsy findings of the suspected CAV infected poultry birds collected from different farms
(a) Moist haemorrhages on the skin of CIA-GDS affected bird;

(b) Nodular appearance of liver in Marek’s disease affected bird;

(c) Swollen liver with necrotic foci in CIA-GDS affected bird;

(d) Urate deposits in Gout affected bird;

(e) Thickened proventriculus in Marek’s disease affected bird;

(f) Caseous plug on opening of trachea in Fowl pox affected bird;

(g) Haemorrhages on mucosal surface of bursa in IBD affected bird;

(h) Pericarditis and perihepatitis in CCRD affected bird and

(i) Punctate haemorrhages on the liver of IBH affected bird

Figure 2

Amplification of CAV-DNA using PCR assay using VP2 specific primer (A) and by using both VP2 and full length genome primers (B)

Figure 3

Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) pattern after RE digestion of amplified full length CAV genome with four different enzymes and their combinations