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Emergence of novel strains of avian infectious bronchitis virus in Sweden.
Veterinary microbiology - 23 Mar 2012
Abro Shahid Hussain, Renström Lena H M, Ullman Karin, Isaksson Mats, Zohari Siamak, Jansson Désirée S, Belák Sándor, Baule Claudia
Abstract excerpt
Infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) causes avian infectious bronchitis, an important disease that produces severe economic losses in the poultry industry worldwide. Recent IBV infections in Sweden have been associated with poor growth in broilers, drop in egg production and thin egg shells in layers. The complete spike gene of selected isolates from IBV cases was amplified and sequenced using conventional RT-PCR....
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