Authors : A.Arun , M. MINI , Leo Joseph and V. Jayaprakasan
Abstract: This study of isolation of avian Infectious Bronchitis Virus (IBV) for the first time from Kerala state of India. An IBV isolate was recovered from the diseased broiler bird having hemorrhagic lesions in the respiratory tract. It was isolated from homogenized tissues samples by embryo inoculation. The virus was identified by characteristic dwarfing of embryo, Agar Gel Precipitation Test (AGPT) and reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).
A.Arun , M. MINI , Leo Joseph and V. Jayaprakasan , 2006. A First Report of Isolation of Infectious Bronchitis Virus from Broiler Chicken in Kerala State of India. Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances, 5: 734-736.