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Amy Sumler
Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae is a Gram-positive facultative anaerobic rod that may infect a wide range of hosts including many mammalian and avian species with or without causing clinical disease [12]. The disease caused by ER has been known since the late nineteenth century but many aspects of this infectious agent still remain unclear. This includes basic knowledge on immune responses and development of protective immunity to ER. In pigs and turkeys vaccination is commonly practiced and generally considered protective against disease [13]. However, failure of vaccines to prevent for example chronic disease has also been reported [13]. Studies in mice have pointed at the importance of phagocytosis by neutrophils and macrophages and the role of specific antibodies in enhancing phagocytosis and subsequent killing of ER [14]. Nonetheless, information on chicken immune responses to ER infection is lacking. In Sweden laying hen flocks affected by an erysipelas outbreak are usually culled for animal welfare reasons. Moreover, on previously affected farms pullets are vaccinated at placement with a single dose of an inactivated vaccine against erysipelas licensed for turkeys as prophylactic measure to prevent further outbreaks [10]. This vaccination strategy is solely based on clinical experience and seems to be effective in many cases although outbreaks in vaccinated flocks have also been reported [10]. The few experimental infection studies of ER in chickens reported in the literature [4, 15,16,17,18] have in general focused on the pathogenicity of different ER strains and recovery of bacteria from blood and other organs after infection. One study has also put forward evidence of disseminated intravascular coagulation as part of the pathogenesis [17] and two studies have shown production of ER specific antibodies after experimental infection [15, 16]. Hence, in order to gain more understanding of the chicken immune responses to erysipelas we intended to monitor some basic innate (white blood cell counts and mannose binding lectin; MBL), and specific (IgY titers to ER) immune parameters during infection of naïve and vaccinated chickens. Results would then be able to provide a basis for further studies into the more exact nature of immune mechanisms involved. The present study therefore aimed to set up an ER infection model in chickens without high mortality allowing us to follow these immune parameters during infection. The sampling regime focused on the early responses to infection with frequent sample collection during the week after infection. The chickens were subsequently monitored until day 15 after infection to allow development of IgY to ER. The ER strain used for infection was isolated from a field outbreak of erysipelas in a laying hen flock and is representative of current outbreaks in Swedish laying hen flocks. This strain contains all putative virulence factors as identified by bioinformatic analysis (unpublished data).
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In Tanzania, it was observed that Newcastle disease (ND) was a greater problem in villages with ducks [4]. Earlier reports indicated that Newcastle disease virus (NDV) persisted for a long time in a flock of ducks in a village situation in Indonesia [5]. However, the factors leading to shedding of the virus by the carrier ducks are not well documented.
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