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ArticleVeterinary world2025

Favipiravir as a potent inhibitor of Newcastle disease virus:

Naeem Aziz Soomro, Zaheer Ahmed Nizamani, Mansoor Tariq, Nazeer Hussain Kalhoro, Mamona Mushtaq

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Naeem Aziz SoomroDepartment of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, Pakistan.
Zaheer Ahmed NizamaniDepartment of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, Pakistan.
Mansoor TariqDepartment of Veterinary Pathology, Faculty of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Sciences, Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, Pakistan.
Nazeer Hussain KalhoroDepartment of Livestock and Fisheries, Sindh Institute of Animal Health, Karachi, Government of Sindh, Pakistan.
Mamona MushtaqDr. Panjwani Center for Molecular Medicine and Drug Research, International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences, University of Karachi, Karachi 75270, Pakistan.

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Background and Aim: Newcastle disease (ND), caused by velogenic viscerotropic ND virus (VVNDV), remains a major threat to global poultry production, with outbreaks persisting even in vaccinated flocks. No approved antiviral therapy exists for ND, highlighting the urgent need for effective interventions. Favipiravir, a broad-spectrum RNA polymerase inhibitor, has shown promise against several RNA viruses. This study evaluated the toxicity, antiviral efficacy, and molecular mechanisms of favipiravir against VVNDV in an Materials and Methods: Specific pathogen-free embryonated chicken eggs (9-10 days old) were inoculated with VVNDV and treated with graded doses of favipiravir (75-2280 mg/kg/egg biomass). Toxicity was assessed through embryo survival, relative weight, morphological scoring, biochemical markers, and histopathology of liver tissues. Antiviral efficacy was evaluated through embryo survival, growth, hemagglutination (HA) titers, and 50% egg infectious dose (EID Results: Favipiravir displayed dose-dependent toxicity, with the highest dose (2,280 mg/kg) significantly reducing embryo survival (p = 0.027) and inducing hepatic necrosis and elevated alkaline phosphatase and urea levels. In contrast, therapeutic doses of 300 and 600 mg/kg achieved 100% embryo survival, significant weight gains, and complete viral suppression, with undetectable HA activity and EID Conclusion: This study provides the first

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antiviral therapyfavipiravirin ovo modelNewcastle disease viruspoultry healthRNA-dependent RNA polymerase

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