Project description:Salmonella being one of the major infectious diseases in poultry causes considerable economical losses in terms of mortality and morbidity especially in countries which lack effective vaccination programs. Salmonellosis is considered to be most important zoonotic disease which causes considerable foodborne illness that leads to enormous economic loses. To minimize such losses, enhancing disease resistance to different pathogens seems to be a promising strategy. The indigenous chicken, evolved through thousands of years of natural selection, are well adapted to the local climatic conditions with better resistance to diseases. In the present study we investigated liver and spleen transcriptome profile of indigenous (Kashmir faverolla) breed and commercial broiler poultry at day 5 post-inoculation with Salmonella typhimurium using RNA sequencing. The DEGs and pathways identified shall provide potential targets to enhance disease resistance in poultry through successful breeding programmes.
Project description:Differential expression was determined in Calu-3 cells between mock infected and infection with NS1trunc124: A/Vietnam/1203-CIP048_RG4/2004 (H5N1) or WT: A/Vietnam/1203/2004 (H5N1) at different times post infection.
Project description:A/Vietnam/1203-CIP048_RG3/2004 (H5N1) is a PB1-F2 deletion in wild type A/Vietnam/1203/2004 (H5N1). The goal of this study was to determine the host response (C57BL/6 mouse model) to the PB1-F2 mutation at a 10^4 PFU dose.
Project description:A/Vietnam/1203-CIP048_RG3/2004 (H5N1) is a PB1-F2 deletion in wild type A/Vietnam/1203/2004 (H5N1). The goal of this study was to determine the host response (C57BL/6 mouse model) to the PB1-F2 mutation at a 10^4 PFU dose. Groups of 20-week-old female C57BL/6 mice were infected with A/Vietnam/1203-CIP048_RG3/2004 (H5N1). This is a PB1-F2 deletion in wild type A/Vietnam/1203/2004 (H5N1). Infections were with 10^4 PFU or time-matched mock infections. Time points were 1, 2, 4 and 7 d.p.i. There were 1-5 animals/dose/time point. Lung samples were collected for virus load, transcriptional analysis and proteomic analysis. Weight loss and animal survival were also monitored.
