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Diagnostic investigation of avian reovirus field variants circulating in broiler chickens in Pennsylvania of United States between 2017 and 2022.
Avian pathology : journal of the W.V.P.A - 1 Oct 2024
Shabbir Muhammad Zubair, Yu Haiyang, Lighty Megan E, Dunn Patricia Ann, Wallner-Pendleton Eva A, Lu Huaguang
Abstract excerpt
Avian reovirus (ARV) has been continuously affecting the poultry industry in Pennsylvania (PA) in recent years. This report provides our diagnostic investigation on monitoring ARV field variants from broiler chickens in Pennsylvania. Genomic characterization findings of 72 ARV field isolates obtained from broiler cases during the last 6 years indicated that six distinct cluster variant strains (genotype I-VI),...
Topics
- Animals
- Chickens
- Orthoreovirus, Avian
- Poultry Diseases
- Pennsylvania
- Reoviridae Infections
- Phylogeny
- Genotype
- Genetic Variation
