title: Identification and characterization of an avian reovirus isolated from black-tailed gull (Larus crassirostris).
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takehara
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kawai
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Seki
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yoshimura
mesh_terms: 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