Article
Variability Assessment of California Infectious Bronchitis Virus Variants.
Avian diseases - 1 Jun 2016
Gallardo R A, Aleuy O A, Pitesky M, Sentíes-Cué G, Abdelnabi A, Woolcock P R, Hauck R, Toro H
Abstract excerpt
On the basis of the data from the California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System, 1444 infectious bronchitis (IB) cases were diagnosed between 1997 and 2012. Epidemiologic analyses demonstrated two major IB virus (IBV) outbreak peaks, affecting mainly 35-to-49-day-old broiler chickens. California variant 1737 (CA1737) and California variant 1999 (Cal 99) IBV types were the most prevalent genotypes...
Topics
- Animals
- California
- Chickens
- Coronavirus Infections
- Genotype
- Infectious bronchitis virus
- Poultry Diseases
- Prevalence
- Spike Glycoprotein, Coronavirus