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OJVRTM

Online Journal of Veterinary Research©

(Including Medical and Laboratory Research)

Established 1994

ISSN 1328-925X

 

Volume 29 (5): 278-284, 2025.


Protein fractions in egg drop syndrome by electrophoresis

 

MH Rasool, SU Rahman, MK Mansoor, M Siddique.

 

Molecular Virology Laboratory, Department of Veterinary Microbiology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan

 

ABSTRACT

 

Rasool MH, Rahman SU, Mansoor MK, Siddique M., Protein fractions in egg drop syndrome by electrophoresis, Onl J Vet Res., 29 (5): 278-284, 2025. Six isolates of egg drop syndrome (EDS) virus were recovered from 5 outbreaks in layers. To induce infection, infected eggs were fed to susceptible layer hens. Eggs from these birds were then were washed and cloacal tissues, oviducts and spleens were collected, processed and inoculated in 11 days old duck embryos. The presence of virus in harvested allanto-amniotic fluid was checked by spot and microhaemagglutination tests and confirmed by haemagglutionation inhibition and agar gel precipitation tests. The EDS virus grew well in duck embryos but agglutinated only avian, not mammalian red blood cells. These isolates were purified through velocity density gradient centrifugation. Protein concentration was determined through Lowry method and sodium dodecyl sulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) was conducted by loading 300µg protein concentration on 12.5% gel using discontinuous buffer system. All the six isolates showed 13 polypeptides, which were identical to those described in the referral EDS-76 virus (strain-127). The molecular weights of the polypeptides ranged from 6.5 KDa to 126 KDa.

 

Key words: Egg Drop Syndrome, Haemagglutination, Oviduct, Duck embryos, Sodium dodecyl sulphate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, polypeptides.


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