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Veterinaria Digital - 9/02/2015

The avian infectious bronchitis virus has affinity for the bronchial, kidney and oviduct epithelia. The infection causes loss of flexibility of the epithelium of the oviduct and hardened folds leave their mark on the shell during the process of...

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Veterinaria Digital - 12/01/2015

Birds affected by IBV wild, whether or not vaccinated may have some degree of renal injury and hidrosalpingitis in atrophied oviduct. This is due to the mismatch between the antigenic composition of the vaccine virus and wild virus.

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Veterinaria Digital - 14/09/2014

The infectious bronchitis virus has a strong tropism for the respiratory mucosal tissue, kidney tissue and the mucosa of the oviduct. As a consequence of infection of the mucosa of the oviduct hidrosalpingitis may occur (if the right atrophied oviduct is...

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Veterinaria Digital - 9/02/2014

Injury due to liquid accumulation in oviduct has pathognomonic character when diagnosing avian infectious bronchitis. It is a demonstration of infectious bronchitis wild virus presence in a certain area, even in well-immunized flocks. If this presence is...

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Veterinaria Digital - 26/01/2014

Infectious bronchitis virus having affinity for the respiratory and renal epitheliums,  and the oviduct in birds.

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Veterinaria Digital - 3/11/2013

Avian infectious bronchitis virus belongs to Coronavirus genus (RNA virus) from Coronaviridae family. It has tropism for bronchial mucosa, urogenital tract and kidneys. The photo shows urates in excrements, related to nephritis caused by this virus.