Article
Characterization of a novel VIIl sub-genotype of Newcastle disease virus circulating in Iran.
Avian pathology : journal of the W.V.P.A - 1 Feb 2018
Sabouri Fereshteh, Vasfi Marandi Mehdi, Bashashati Mohsen
Abstract excerpt
Newcastle disease is an economically important and highly contagious disease affecting wild and domestic avian species. Despite extensive vaccination efforts within the poultry industry, Newcastle disease virus (NDV) outbreaks causing significant economic losses still occur. Rural chickens may act as a potential reservoir of NDVs for commercial poultry due to poor biosecurity and inadequate vaccination. The aim...
Topics
- Animals
- Chickens
- Disease Outbreaks
- Genotype
- Iran
- Newcastle Disease
- Newcastle disease virus
- Phylogeny
- Poultry Diseases
- RNA, Viral
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
