| first report of fowl adenovirus 8a from commercial broiler chickens in egypt: molecular characterization and pathogenicity. | this study was performed to isolate fowl adenovirus (fadv) circulating in commercial meat-type chicken in egypt during 2015 and to identify the pathogenicity of the isolated virus. cloacal swabs were collected from 9 commercial broiler farms from chickens of 3-5 wk of age in behira province in egypt during 2015. fadv was isolated on chicken embryo liver cells. the virus was identified by conventional polymerase chain reaction targeting a conserved region in the hexon gene. moreover, phylogenetic ... | 2019 | 30690614 |