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Epidemiological investigation of avian infectious bronchitis and locally determined genotype diversity in central China: a 2016-2018 study.
Poultry science - 1 Jun 2020
Ji Jun, Gao Yuyun, Chen Qinxi, Wu Qianqian, Xu Xin, Kan Yunchao, Yao Lunguang, Bi Yingzuo, Xie Qingmei
Abstract excerpt
Infectious bronchitis (IB), caused by avian IB virus (IBV), is an acute and highly contagious disease of chickens. From 2016 to 2018, 56 IBV strains were isolated and identified from clinical samples obtained from various chicken farms located in central China. The S1 sequencing of these strains revealed nucleotide and amino acid identities of 70.2 to 100% and 62.6 to 100%, respectively, compared with those of...
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