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A Review of the Strain Diversity and Pathogenesis of Chicken Astrovirus.
Viruses - 10 Feb 2017
Smyth Victoria J
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Although a relatively recently emerged virus, identified only in 2004 as a separate species of avian astrovirus, chicken astrovirus (CAstV) has been associated with poor growth of broiler flocks, enteritis and diarrhea and is a candidate pathogen in cases of runting stunting syndrome. More recently CAstV has been implicated in cases of two other diseases of broilers as the sole etiological agent, namely severe...
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