Virulent Newcastle disease virus infection, lesions, chickens
Necropsy photographs of tissues from chickens infected with virulent Newcastle disease virus (vNDV). A. Hemorrhages and necrosis of intestines (longitudinal section). B. Hemorrhages in proventricular mucosa. C. Intact small intestine with hemorrhages. D. Enlarged, mottled spleen with multifocal necrosis. E. Necrotic, hemorrhagic cecal tonsils. F. Hyperemia and mild multifocal petechial hemorrhages in the meninges of a chicken's encephalon due to infection with cormorant-adapted vNDV.
Courtesy of Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory of the USDA Agricultural Research Service. Images by Dr. Kiril M. Dimitrov.
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