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Dexamethasone reduces infectious bursal disease mortality in chickens
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- Issue Date
- 2021-05
- Publisher
- 대한수의학회
- Citation
- Journal of Veterinary Science, Vol.22 No.3, p. e33
- 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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- 1229-845X
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