Pathogenicity and molecular characterization of a fowl adenovirus 4 isolated from chicken associated with IBH and HPS in China

Abstract Background Since July in 2015, an emerging infectious disease, Fowl adenovirus (FAdV) species C infection with Hepatitis-Hydropericardium syndrome was prevalent in chicken flocks in China. In our study, one FAdV strain was isolated from commercial broiler chickens and was designated as SDSX...

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Main Authors: Limin Li, Jianchang Wang, Ping Chen, Shan Zhang, Jiguo Sun, Wanzhe Yuan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-12-01
Series:BMC Veterinary Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12917-018-1733-4