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Genetic characterization of fowl aviadenovirus 4 isolates from Guangxi, China, during 2017-2019.
Poultry science - 1 Sept 2020
Rashid Farooq, Xie Zhixun, Zhang Lei, Luan Yongjiao, Luo Sisi, Deng Xianwen, Xie Liji, Xie Zhiqin, Fan Qing
Abstract excerpt
Hepatitis-hydropericardium syndrome (HHS) is a severe disease that causes 20 to 80% mortality in chickens aged 3 to 6 wk. Fowl aviadenovirus serotype 4 (FAdV-4) plays an important role in the etiology of HHS. Since 2015, outbreaks of HHS have been reported in several provinces of China; however, details regarding the FAdV-4 genome properties are lacking. In the present study, the complete genomes of 9 isolates...
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