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. 2000;32(6):381–390. doi: 10.1023/A:1005281619260

A Serological Survey for Avian Infectious Bronchitis Virus and Newcastle Disease Virus Antibodies in Backyard (Free-range) Village Chickens in Mexico

EJ Gutierrez-Ruiz 1,2, GT Ramirez-Cruz 1, EI Camara Gamboa 1, DJ Alexander 2, RE Gough 2
PMCID: PMC7089318  PMID: 11147278

Abstract

The commercial flocks in Yucatan, Mexico are free of Newcastle disease virus (NDV) in its velogenic viscerotropic form, but little is known about the disease status of backyard poultry. A seroprevalence survey in 30 villages using haemagglutination inhibition (HI) tests for infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) and NDV antibodies was carried out from December 1997 to June 1998. The seroprevalences were 56.5% (95% CI 50–63%) for IBV and 2.2% (95% CI 0.5–3.8%) for NDV. All the villages had chickens that were positive for antibodies to IBV and nine of the villages had chickens that were positive for antibodies to NDV. This suggests that IBV may be responsible for a large proportion of the respiratory disease observed in backyard chickens in Yucatan. The implications of these findings are discussed, including the highly susceptible status of the backyard chickens in Yucatan to NDV and the possibility of this virus being one cause of the syndrome known as mortandad by the local people.

Keywords: haemagglutination inhibition, infectious bronchitis, management, Newcastle disease, poultry, respiratory disease, seroprevalence, virus

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