Identification and characterization of an avian reovirus isolated from black-tailed gull (Larus crassirostris).
An isolated virus from the feces of nestlings of Black-tailed gulls living on the Kabu-Island, Hachinohe-city, Aomori-prefecture, was identified as an avian reovirus from its morphological, physicochemical and biological features. Serologically, the isolate has a 62% of relatedness to TS-17 strain, a prototype of avian reovirus in Japan. The isolate showed no significant virulences to one-day-old SPF chickens, and showed low mortalities to chicken embryos, although it formed remarkable lesion onto chorioallantoic membrane.
Takehara
K
K
Kawai
C
C
Seki
A
A
Hashimoto
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N
Yoshimura
M
M
D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000382:microbiology; D001717:Birds / Q000382:microbiology*; D002642:Chick Embryo; D002645:Chickens; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D007564:Japan; D012087:Reoviridae / Q000145:classification / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D012088:Reoviridae Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D014774:Virulence