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Nationwide Survey of Infectious Bronchitis Virus on Layer Farms in Japan During 2015.
Avian diseases - 1 Mar 2020
Kaneda Masahiko, Takahashi Sayaka, Naito Ikunori, Chiba Yusuke, Hikono Hirokazu, Murakami Kenji
Abstract excerpt
After accumulating data through a nationwide survey, we characterized the recent prevalences and geographic distributions of various genotypes of infectious bronchitis virus (IBV) on layer farms in Japan. Reverse transcription PCR analysis of fecal samples revealed the presence of the IBV nucleoprotein (N) gene on approximately 30% of the farms surveyed. N-gene detection rates were higher in the Chugoku and...
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