The poultry industry has emerged as one of the largest and fastest growing public sectors in
the developed and develo** countries. Unfortunately, this industry is under a major threat …

Immunosuppressive viral diseases threaten the poultry industry by causing heavy mortality
and economic loss of production, often as a result of the chickens' increased susceptibility to …

Ten 250-day-old broiler breeders, seven 16-day-old broiler chicks, and three 25-day-old
broiler chicks suffering from hydropericardium syndrome (HPS) in Japan were examined …

The role of avian adenovirus isolate PARC-1 as an immunosuppressive agent was
investigated using a Newcastle disease virus (NDV) vaccine immune response procedure …

Inclusion-body hepatitis–hydropericardium syndrome (IBH-HPS) is an important, recently
emerged, disease of poultry, particularly of 3-to 6-week-old broiler chicks, characterized by …

The first avian adenovirus (AAV) associated with clinical disease was isolated from an
outbreak of respiratory disease in quail in 1950 (Olson, 1950). Since that time, AAVs have …

Fowl adenovirus (FAdV) is a double-stranded DNA virus with a non-enveloped structure
comprising three major proteins known as hexon, penton, and fiber. Molecular analysis …

The mortality and pathology caused by serotype 4 adenovirus, isolated from chickens with
hydropericardium syndrome (HPS) in Japan, was investigated in specific-pathogen-free …

The pathogenicities of inclusion body hepatitis (IBH) and hydropericardium syndrome (HPS)
strains of adenovirus for specific-pathogen-free (SPF) chicks were compared. One-day-old …

Twenty-five-day-old broiler chickens were inoculated intramuscularly or orally with a
suspension prepared from the livers of chickens naturally affected with hydropericardium …