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ILT is caused by Gallid alpha herpesvirus-1 (GaHV-1), which is transmitted horizontally and most susceptible are chickens older than 4 weeks. After almost two decades since last appearance of this disease in Vojvodina, an outbreak occurred from April 2020 to August 2021 on five laying hen farms and one broiler breeder flock farm. Clinical signs were mild to severe respiratory symptoms, unilateral or bilateral head swelling, serous nasal discharge, conjunctivitis and increased tearing. There was a decrease in feed consumption (2.1\u201340.0%) and egg production (2.7\u201342.0%), weight loss and mortality increased (0.8\u201331.5%). Pathomorphological changes were localized in the upper respiratory tract. Total of 200 carcasses were examined; 40 pooled samples were analyzed by PCR, and 40 by bacteriological analysis. ILT virus was confirmed in tracheal tissue samples. Infected flocks were not vaccinated against this disease. Five flocks had coinfection with Avibacterium paragallinarum. Three-to-four weeks after the first reported case in the flock, clinical symptoms had ceased. Future control and prevention strategies will involve the procurement of flocks vaccinated by recombinant vaccine or the registration of live attenuated vaccines and their use during the rearing period.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ani12243551","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,16]],"date-time":"2022-12-16T02:16:41Z","timestamp":1671157001000},"page":"3551","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":16,"title":["Diagnosis of Infectious Laryngotracheitis Outbreaks on Layer Hen and Broiler Breeder Farms in Vojvodina, Serbia"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"12","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4221-2602","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Marko","family":"Paji\u0107","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Scientific Veterinary Institute of \u201cNovi Sad\u201d, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6316-5863","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Slobodan","family":"Kne\u017eevi\u0107","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Scientific Veterinary Institute of \u201cNovi Sad\u201d, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1705-7615","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Biljana","family":"Djurdjevi\u0107","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Scientific Veterinary Institute of \u201cNovi Sad\u201d, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7413-7902","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Vladimir","family":"Pola\u010dek","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Scientific Veterinary Institute of \u201cNovi Sad\u201d, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6707-9292","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Dalibor","family":"Todorovi\u0107","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Scientific Veterinary Institute of \u201cNovi Sad\u201d, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9164-3356","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tama\u0161","family":"Petrovi\u0107","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Scientific Veterinary Institute of \u201cNovi Sad\u201d, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sava","family":"Lazi\u0107","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Scientific Veterinary Institute of \u201cNovi Sad\u201d, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,15]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"427","DOI":"10.1007\/s00705-018-4086-1","article-title":"Development and application of high-resolution melting analysis for the classification of infectious laryngotracheitis virus strains and detection of recombinant progeny","volume":"164","author":"Fakhri","year":"2019","journal-title":"Arch. 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