Exploration on the Causes of Chicken Liver Hemorrhagic Syndrome
In recent years,an animal disease mainly characterized by liver hemorrhage(liver hemorrhagic syndrome)appeared in chicken,resulting in huge economic loss to poultry industry. In order to identify relevant causes,458 clinical lesion samples were collected from 9 chicken lines in 11 provinces/districts/cities for pathogen isolation,molecular biological detection,pathological diagnosis,endotoxin test and experiment on animals,the causes for the disease were discussed based on epidemiological investigation results. It was shown that,by pathogen isolation,14 samples of Escherichia coli and 7 samples of Salmonella were detected out,accounting for 2.8% and 1.5%,respectively,no Campylobacter or other virus was detected or isolated. It was concluded that,by PCR and RT-PCR,3 samples of fowl adenovirus(fadv)and one sample of avian hepatitis E virus(HEV)were detected out,accounting for 0.66% and 0.22%,respectively,no chicken infectious anemia virus(CIAV),Marek's disease virus(MDV)and avian leukosis virus(ALV)were detected. No RNA or DNA virus was found by Random PCR. 15 samples exceeded the standard for endotoxin,accounting for 3.3%. It was found that,by experiment on animals,the symptoms of clinical liver hemorrhage could not be reproduced by intraperitoneal challenge. 99 representative liver samples were selected from 11 provinces/districts/cities,followed by being fixed for pathological diagnosis,no suspected myeloid leukemia/leukemia pathological changes were found,4 cases of necrotic hepatitis caused by suspected bacteria,one suspected avian reticuloendotheliosis complicated with hemangioma and 94 cases of amyloidosis were observed,accounting for 4.04%,2.02% and 93.94%,respectively. By epidemiological investigation,it was found that the disease occurred all over the country,covering a wide range of varieties and age,without obvious seasonality;for different varieties in the same farm,some were with liver hemorrhage but others were normal under consistent conditions of feed,vaccination and management. In short,the cases of liver hemorrhagic syndrome found in recent years were not related to the common factors leading to liver hemorrhagic,which was connected with the genetic autoimmune defects in chicken as preliminarily analyzed,specifically,the organism reacted overly,followed by cytokine storm,resulting in amyloidosis bleeding in chicken liver,and thereby clinical symptoms of liver hemorrhage.