Astroviruses as causative agents of poultry enteritis: Genetic characterization and longitudinal studies on field conditions

Avian Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 173-182

  Canelli, Elena ^a   Cordioli, Paolo ^a   Barbieri, Ilaria ^a   Catella, Alessia ^a   Pennelli, Donato ^b   Ceruti, Raffaella ^c   Moreno, Ana ^a   Lavazza, Antonio ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA LOMBARDIA E DELL EMILIA ROMAGNA   (Italy)

^b Veterinary Practitioner   (Italy)

^c Gesco Consorzio Cooperativo   (Italy)

Author keywords

astrovirus; genetic characterization; longitudinal study

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTROVIRUS; ASTROVIRUS INFECTION; BIRD DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; CLASSIFICATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENTERITIS; FECES; GALLIFORMES; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TURKEY (BIRD); VIROLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASTROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; AVASTROVIRUS; CHICKENS; DNA, VIRAL; ENTERITIS; FECES; GALLIFORMES; ITALY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POULTRY DISEASES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TURKEYS;

ASTROVIRIDAE; AVES; AVIAN NEPHRITIS VIRUS; GALLIFORMES; ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 84859343075     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/9831-061311-Reg.1     Document Type: Article

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