Systematic Veterinary Virology

CULTIVATION

• Embryonated eggs: The virus grows well in embryonated duck or goose eggs or in cell cultures of duck or goose origin. However, it does not replicate in ECE.
• Cell culture: It replicates well in chick kidney or chick-embryo liver cells and to a lesser degree in chick-embryo fibroblasts. The virus also does not grow in mammalian cells.