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The Egg Of Chicken Embryo Fibroblast ( Cef )

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grow in chicken embryo fibroblast (CEF) cells however they could be propagated in embryonated egg (McFerran et al., 1980). IBDV isolated from an out- break in a flock of 1200 fayoumi chickens was lethal to chicken embryos and caused severe skin hemorrhages (Mousa et al., 1983). Serial passages of IBDV in chicken embryo resulted in reduced virulence for chickens (Okoye., 1984). Lesions induced in embryos by IBDV strains differed from those induced by standard isolated. Spleenomegally and liver necrosis were characteristic lesions induced by these variants, with in less mortality (Rosemberger and cloud., 1985). 80% of chicken embryos inoculated with the IBDV by chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) route died during days 4 and 6 of inoculation. The dead embryos appeared edematous, congested mostly in the neck and body extremities, with the virus concentration highest in CAM than in other parts of the embryo (Dash et al., 1991). Most workers had difficulties in isolating IBDV or, if successful, in serial passages of the virus using chicken embryos (Lukert and Saif., 1991). Some variant strains of IBDV did not cause death, but cause stunting as well as spleenomegally and liver necrosis (Lukert., 1992). Inoculation of homogenates of bursal and thymic tissues from virus-exposed chickens into embryonated chicken eggs revealed the presence of infectious virus from both tissues. They speculated that the virus recovered from

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