Avian hepatitis-E-virus infection in chickens – Part 2

Avian hepatitis-E-virus infection is a disease of broiler breeders and table-egg layers caused by a hepevirus. This article is the second part of a two-piece description which elaborates on lesions found with necropsy and microscopic examination and the diagnosis of the disease. The first part of this artice can be found here. By Dr Tahseen Aziz, Rollins Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory and Dr H. John Barnes, College of Veterinary Medicine, NC State University, both in Raleigh, North Carolin