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Isolation and molecular characterization of a new Muscovy duck parvovirus from Muscovy ducks in the USA
27 Nov 2006
Abstract excerpt
Between 1997 and 1999 several cases of a new disease in Muscovy ducks were reported in Pennsylvania, USA. The cases were characterized by locomotor dysfunction, weakness, recumbency, 40 to 60% morbidity and 10 to 40% mortality. The most characteristic microscopic lesions were moderate to severe degenerative rhabodomyopathy. In order to characterize the aetiological agent, virus isolation was attempted from the...
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