Population
1-day-old light hybrid chicks
Comparison
Inoculation via the footpad with an avian… vs Uninoculated chicks from the same hatch housed…
Design
Preclinical
Follow-up
33 weeks
Authors
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Avian model demonstrates prolonged viral persistence in joints; leaves open relevance to human chronic tenosynovitis.
Avian reovirus inoculation in 1-day-old chicks induces persistent tenosynovitis and viral shedding, which can be transmitted to uninoculated contact chicks.
Jones et al. (1978) studied this question.
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