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Archives of Clinical Microbiology
ISSN: 1989-8436
Virology and Infectious Diseases 2019
EuroSciCon Conference on
Virology and Infectious Diseases
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he aim of this study is to determine if enteric viruses are the cause of diarrhea in broiler flocks in Jordan. Intestinal
content samples were collected from 101 broiler flocks from different regions of Jordan to detect the presence of
astrovirus, coronavirus, reovirus, and rotavirus, by using reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR).
Forty six of these flocks were clinically healthy with no enteric disease and the other 55 flocks were clinically suffering
from diarrhea. The samples were collected between 5 and 16 days of age. The results showed that 79% of these flocks
were infected with one or more of the above enteric viruses. Coronavirus was the most common virus, detected in 56.4%
of these flocks, with astrovirus in 29.7% of the flocks, and rotavirus (9.9%) and reovirus (5.6%) being the least common.
None of these flocks were found to be infected with all four viruses, but one of the flocks was found to be infected with
astrovirus, coronavirus, and rotavirus simultaneously. Individual infection was noted with astrovirus, coronavirus and
rotavirus but not with reovirus, whereas all flocks infected with reovirus were also infected with coronavirus. There was
no statistical evidence to link these viruses as the main cause of diarrhea in the flocks tested. This is the first study in
Jordan to detect all of these viruses and to correlate their presence with diarrhea in chicken flocks.
lubani@hotmail.comRelationship between different enteric viral
infections and the occurrence of diarrhea in
broiler flocks in Jordan
Lobani A
1
, Saad Gharaibeh
2
and Mohammad Al Majali
1
1
Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan
2
Faculty of Veterinar Medicine, University of Minnosota, USA
Arch Clin Microbiol 2019, Volume:10
DOI: 10.4172/1989-8436-C1-018