Antibody response to and maternal immunity from an experimental psittacine beak and feather disease vaccine

Branson W. Ritchie From the Departments of Small Animal Medicine (Ritchie), Medical Microbiology (Niagro, Lukert, Pesti), Pathology (Latimer, Campagnoli), Anatomy and Radiology (Steffens), College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602.

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Frank D. Niagro From the Departments of Small Animal Medicine (Ritchie), Medical Microbiology (Niagro, Lukert, Pesti), Pathology (Latimer, Campagnoli), Anatomy and Radiology (Steffens), College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602.

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Kenneth S. Latimer From the Departments of Small Animal Medicine (Ritchie), Medical Microbiology (Niagro, Lukert, Pesti), Pathology (Latimer, Campagnoli), Anatomy and Radiology (Steffens), College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602.

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W. L. Steffens From the Departments of Small Animal Medicine (Ritchie), Medical Microbiology (Niagro, Lukert, Pesti), Pathology (Latimer, Campagnoli), Anatomy and Radiology (Steffens), College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602.

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Denise Pesti From the Departments of Small Animal Medicine (Ritchie), Medical Microbiology (Niagro, Lukert, Pesti), Pathology (Latimer, Campagnoli), Anatomy and Radiology (Steffens), College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602.

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Raymond P. Campagnoli From the Departments of Small Animal Medicine (Ritchie), Medical Microbiology (Niagro, Lukert, Pesti), Pathology (Latimer, Campagnoli), Anatomy and Radiology (Steffens), College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602.

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Phil D. Lukert From the Departments of Small Animal Medicine (Ritchie), Medical Microbiology (Niagro, Lukert, Pesti), Pathology (Latimer, Campagnoli), Anatomy and Radiology (Steffens), College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602.

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SUMMARY

Adult umbrella cockatoos, Moluccan cockatoos, African grey parrots, and a yellow-headed Amazon parrot were inoculated im or sc with β-propiolactone-treated psittacine beak and feather disease (pbfd) virus. Thirty- to 45-day-old African grey parrot, umbrella cockatoo, and sulphur-crested cockatoo chicks also were vaccinated with the same inoculum. The hemagglutination inhibition (hi) and agar-gel diffusion tests were used to assay for post-vaccination development of anti-pbfd virus antibodies. All adult vaccinates seroconverted and had increases in hi and precipitating antibodies. The vaccinated chicks had increased concentrations of hi antibodies, but precipitating antibodies could not be detected. To demonstrate that chicks from vaccinated hens are protected from pbfd virus challenge, 3 African grey parrot chicks and 2 umbrella cockatoo chicks from vaccinated hens and 1 African grey parrot chick and 1 umbrella cockatoo chick from nonvaccinated hens were exposed to purified pbfd virus. Chicks from the vaccinated hens remained clinically normal during the 50-day test period. Chicks from the nonvaccinated hens developed clinical and histologic lesions of pbfd. Infected tissues from these birds were confirmed to contain viral antigen, using immunohistochemical staining techniques. The pbfd virus was recovered from the affected birds. These findings indicate that adult and 30- to 45-day-old psittacine birds will seroconvert following vaccination with β-propiolactone-treated pbfd virus. Also, hens inoculated with β-propiolactone-treated pbfd virus produce chicks that are, at least temporarily, resistant to virus challenge.

SUMMARY

Adult umbrella cockatoos, Moluccan cockatoos, African grey parrots, and a yellow-headed Amazon parrot were inoculated im or sc with β-propiolactone-treated psittacine beak and feather disease (pbfd) virus. Thirty- to 45-day-old African grey parrot, umbrella cockatoo, and sulphur-crested cockatoo chicks also were vaccinated with the same inoculum. The hemagglutination inhibition (hi) and agar-gel diffusion tests were used to assay for post-vaccination development of anti-pbfd virus antibodies. All adult vaccinates seroconverted and had increases in hi and precipitating antibodies. The vaccinated chicks had increased concentrations of hi antibodies, but precipitating antibodies could not be detected. To demonstrate that chicks from vaccinated hens are protected from pbfd virus challenge, 3 African grey parrot chicks and 2 umbrella cockatoo chicks from vaccinated hens and 1 African grey parrot chick and 1 umbrella cockatoo chick from nonvaccinated hens were exposed to purified pbfd virus. Chicks from the vaccinated hens remained clinically normal during the 50-day test period. Chicks from the nonvaccinated hens developed clinical and histologic lesions of pbfd. Infected tissues from these birds were confirmed to contain viral antigen, using immunohistochemical staining techniques. The pbfd virus was recovered from the affected birds. These findings indicate that adult and 30- to 45-day-old psittacine birds will seroconvert following vaccination with β-propiolactone-treated pbfd virus. Also, hens inoculated with β-propiolactone-treated pbfd virus produce chicks that are, at least temporarily, resistant to virus challenge.

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