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Coinfection of novel goose parvovirus-associated virus and duck circovirus in feather sacs of Cherry Valley ducks with feather shedding syndrome.
Poultry science - 1 Sept 2020
Yang Yupeng, Sui Nana, Zhang Ruihua, Lan Jingjing, Li Pengfei, Lian Caiyu, Li Hanqing, Xie Zhijing, Jiang Shijin
Abstract excerpt
Since 2017, an infectious disease, named feather shedding syndrome (FSS), has consistently broken out in Cherry Valley ducks in East China. The sick ducks showed the new clinical symptoms of feather shedding and being plucked off with difficulty after slaughter. The high incidence rate of 20 to 70% predominantly happened in ducks of 4 to 5 wk of age, and nearly 40% mortality rate was observed in infected ducks....
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