Recent Advances in Poultry and Avian Diseases

A special issue of Veterinary Sciences (ISSN 2306-7381).

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Unit of Avian Medicine, Clinic of Farm Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, School of Health Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54627 Thessaloniki, Greece
Interests: broiler; layer; breeder; health; welfare; feed technology; management technology; poultry pathogens
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Unit of Avian Medicine, Clinic of Farm Animals, School of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54627 Thessaloniki, Greece
Interests: poultry; avian; health; zoonoses

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Departamento de Producción y Sanidad Animal, Salud Pública Veterinaria y Ciencia y Tecnología de los Alimentos, Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas, Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Cardenal Herrera-CEU, CEU Universities, Avenida Seminario s/n, 46113 Moncada, Spain
Interests: microbiology; multidrug resistances; zoonotic pathogens; epidemiology
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Dear Colleagues,

Infectious diseases are a major concern in the modern poultry industry as well as on domestic and free-living avian species since they have a significant impact on health, welfare, performance, and public health (zoonoses, antimicrobial resistance). Several treatments and control choices for nutritional, bacterial, mycotic, and parasitic diseases have lost their efficacy or are not available, while new choices have been suggested. The emergence of multi-resistant pathogens is a significant threat to animal and public health. European Union regulations and consumer demand have led to a need to limit the use of antibiotics in poultry production systems considering the possible implications for the development of antimicrobial resistance. Therefore, alternatives to the use of antibiotics, such as acidifying components, natural substances, immunostimulants, and enzymes, have been explored.

This Special Issue on “Recent Advances in Poultry and Avian Diseases” is aimed at current achievements and scientific papers focused on, but not limited to, recent advances in commercial poultry and domestic and free-living avian species diseases caused by viruses, bacteria, fungi, parasites, nutritional imbalance, and/or management faults.

The following types of research are applicable for this Special Issue:

  • Etiopathogenesis
  • Epizootiology
  • Disease experimental models
  • Innovative lesion-scoring techniques
  • Immune response to diseases
  • Innovative vaccination strategies
  • Innovative treatment and control approaches
  • Innovative diagnostic tools and biomarkers
  • New tools for risk analysis to control infectious diseases
  • Interesting case reports

Dr. Vasilios Tsiouris
Prof. Dr. Ioanna Georgopoulou
Prof. Dr. Clara Marín Orenga
Guest Editors

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Dr. Vasilios Tsiouris
Prof. Dr. Clara Marín Orenga
Prof. Dr. Ioanna Georgopoulou
Guest Editors

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Veterinary Sciences is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2100 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • avian
  • poultry
  • health
  • welfare
  • performance

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The Protective Efficacy of an Inactivated Vaccine against Avibacterium paragallinarum Field Isolates
by Mengjiao Guo, Donghui Liu, Hengli Xu, Hao Zhang, Yikun Jin, Huihui Tan, Yantao Wu and Xiaorong Zhang
Vet. Sci. 2022, 9(9), 458; https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci9090458 - 26 Aug 2022
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Infectious coryza (IC) is an acute respiratory disease caused by Avibacterium paragallinarum (Av. paragallinarum). In recent years, there have been frequent outbreaks of IC in chickens vaccinated with an inactivated vaccine, causing huge losses to the poultry industry. In this study, [...] Read more.
Infectious coryza (IC) is an acute respiratory disease caused by Avibacterium paragallinarum (Av. paragallinarum). In recent years, there have been frequent outbreaks of IC in chickens vaccinated with an inactivated vaccine, causing huge losses to the poultry industry. In this study, the protective efficacy of the trivalent inactivated IC vaccine (PT Medion Farma Jaya) against the field isolates of three serovars of Av. paragallinarum was verified. After vaccination, the hemagglutination inhibition antibody titers in double-vaccinated groups (A2, B2, and C2) were higher than those in single-vaccinated groups (A1, B1, and C1). The highest antibody titer was 213.1 at 3 weeks after the booster vaccination in group A2. Consistent with the trend in hemagglutination inhibition antibody titers, the protective efficacy of double vaccination was better than that of single vaccination. The clinical symptoms and pathological changes were alleviated, or the bacterial shedding was significantly reduced with double vaccination after challenge with field isolates of three serovars (p < 0.05). In particular, the chickens with double vaccination showed no clinical symptoms, pathological changes, or bacterial shedding after challenge by the serovar C strain. There was no significant difference in body weight and egg production between the double-vaccinated groups and the negative control group (p > 0.05). Therefore, we recommend that the commercial IC vaccine should be double-vaccinated in clinical applications. Full article
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