›› 2015, Vol. 42 ›› Issue (3): 690-695.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2015.03.028

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Establishment of Model for Hy-line Variety White Chickens Infected by H5N1 Subtype Avian Influenza Virus

WANG Wei, ZHANG Ya-chun, DENG Rui-po, LI Yue, ZHAO Ying-hui, CHEN Hong-yan, MENG Qing-wen   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Veterinary Biotechnology, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin 150001, China
  • Revised:2014-09-09 Online:2015-03-20 Published:2015-03-30

Abstract: The study was aimed to establish the suitable model for Hy-line Variety White chickens infected by H5N1 subtype avian influenza virus (AIV).The AIV used in this study was A/goose/guangdong/1/96 (H5N1) (GD1/96) virus,which was saved a goose source of highly pathogenic AIV,egg infectious dose (EID50) and median lethal dose (LD50) of 4-week-old Hy-line Variety White chickens were detected.In the infection model study,thirty 4-week-old chickens were randomly divided into three groups with 10 chickens in each group,5 direct infection,five cohabitation,the virus was diluted to 104.5 EID50,the infection chicken were inoculated with 0.1 mL to nasal,eye each,the control chicken received PBS,24 h after infecting the cohabitation chicken were added; clinical signs were assessed daily for 14 d post-infection,the time of death were record,throat swabs and cloacal swabs were collected daily,necropsy of three chickens was performed on 3 and 5 d post infection and cohabitation,the trachea,lung,brain,spleen,kidney and duodenum were collected for virus isolation.The expression of IFN-α and TNF-α in 3 and 5 d post infection and cohabitation was qualified by qRT-PCR.The results showed that the EID50 and LD50 of 4-week-old Hy-line Variety White chickens were 10-8.167/0.1 mL and 104.5 EID50,respectively.The infection model study showed that all chickens died 8 d after infection with 104.5 EID50 of the infection dosage,3 d post infection and cohabitation,high titers of AIV were detected in chicken throat swabs and cloacal swabs; 6 kinds of tissues in 3 and 5 d post infection and cohabitation were isolated to be high titer virus; the expression of IFN-α and TNF-α in lung tissue were significantly increased in infected chickens and cohabitation group (P <0.05).The model for Hy-line Variety White chickens infected by H5N1 subtype AIV was established.This study would lend some references for study of the pathogenic mechanism of H5N1 subtype AIV and generation of anti-influenza transgenic chickens against influenza virus research.

Key words: avian influenza virus; H5N1; Hy-line Variety White chicken; pathogenicity; infection model

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