Molini, UmbertoAikukutu, GottliebKhaiseb, S.Kahler, BarbaraVan der Westhuizen, JolandieCattoli, GiovanniDundon, William G.2020-10-152020-10-152019Molini, U., et al. (2019). Investigation of infectious laryngotracheitis outbreaks in Namibia in 2018. Tropical Animal Health and Production, 1-4.http://hdl.handle.net/11070/2902Between July and August 2018, two outbreaks of infectious laryngotracheitis caused the death of over 116,000 commercial poultry (layers and broilers) near the city of Windhoek, Namibia. A third outbreak occurred in September 2018 in the north of the country approximately 800km from the original outbreaks. Sample collection and molecular epidemiological analyses revealed that the outbreaks were most likely caused by poor vaccination practices leading to the reversion to virulence of an ILT vaccine strain. The analyses also indicate that inaccurate declarations were made by one of the farms involved and that illegal movement of animalsmost likely occurred.enPoultryInfectious laryngotracheitisGallid alphaherpesvirus-1Phylogenetic analysisArticle