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Molecular characterization and typing of chicken and turkey astroviruses circulating in the United States: implications for diagnostics.
Avian diseases - 1 Sept 2006
Pantin-Jackwood Mary J, Spackman Erica, Woolcock Peter R
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Avian astroviruses were detected by reverse transcriptase and polymerase chain reaction in intestinal contents collected from commercial chickens and turkeys from throughout the United States from 2003 through 2005. Astroviruses were detected in birds from both healthy and poorly performing flocks with or without enteric disease. Phylogenetic analysis was performed with sequence data from the polymerase (ORF-1b)...
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