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A novel genotype of beak and feather disease virus in budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus).
Virus genes - 1 Oct 2010
Ogawa Hirohito, Katoh Hiroshi, Sanada Naoko, Sanada Yasuyuki, Ohya Kenji, Yamaguchi Tsuyoshi, Fukushi Hideto
Abstract excerpt
Beak and feather disease virus (BFDV) is a causative agent for psittacine beak and feather disease (PBFD), which shows a characteristic feather disorder in psittacine birds. Nineteen budgerigars, which were clinically suspected to have PBFD, were examined by two polymerase chain reactions (PCR), which target each of open reading frames (ORFs) V1 and C1. All of the 19 samples were detected BFDV by the PCR...
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