Co-infections of and various avian pathogens resulted in varying rates of SPF broilers with an infection.

Avian Pathol

Department of Population Health Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Published: August 2025


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Typical lesions can be reproduced in SPF broilers after intravenous, aerosol and oral inoculations.The respiratory route is potentially an infection route for pathogenic bacteria.Co-infections tested in this study or dexamethasone do not exacerbate the proportion of lesions.M.s. in combination with IBV or NDV vaccines exacerbates the proportion of positive reisolations.Immunosuppression induced by early CAV infection increases the proportion of positive reisolations.

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