Ultrastructural Changes in the Bursa of Chicken in Experimentally Infected Infectious Bursal Disease Virus
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2006
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Indian Journal of Veterinary Pathology
Abstract
Infectious bursal disease (IBD) caused by a bisegmented RNA virus is a highly contagious disease affecting young chicken. The disease is characterised by lymphocytolysis and reticulum cell hyperplasia in the
lymphoid organs especially bursa of Fabricius (BF)^3,4. The IBD virus replicates in the lymphoid cells and
macrophages^2. The present paper describes ultrastructural details of bursa experimentally infected with IBD virus.