[Biological properties of the chick infectious bronchitis virus isolated in Russia]

A field chick infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) was isolated from the pathological material on chick embryos. The nucleotide sequence of the S1 gene was determined and comparatively analyzed with some sequences of this gene of foreign and Russian vaccine strains and isolates. A cross-neutralization test using sera to various IBV seroptypes was performed. The isolate was shown to antigenically differ from the reference strains. Bioassay was carried out, by using one-day chicks and the immunogenic properties of the virus were investigated.