Research note: avian leukosis retroviral genes are not detected in geese.
Genomic DNA from four strains of geese was analyzed for the presence of endogenous viral elements using a probe that can detect over 20 Rous-associated endogenous viral genes (ev genes) in chickens, as well as a probe and protocol that detects endogenous avian viruses (EAV). Southern blot analysis of genomic DNA did not reveal any ev genes in DNA of 15 geese from Chinese, Synthetic, or two Embden goose strains. Even under low stringency conditions, using a probe that covered most of the polymerase (pol) gene of the Rous-associated virus (RAV) and that revealed EAV elements in a chicken without ev genes, no viral loci were evident in goose DNA.
Centre for Food and Animal Research, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
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D000818:Animals; D001354:Avian Leukosis Virus / Q000235:genetics*; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D002645:Chickens / Q000235:genetics / Q000382:microbiology; D015342:DNA Probes; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D005777:Geese / Q000235:genetics / Q000382:microbiology*; D005814:Genes, Viral; D015751:Genes, pol; D008297:Male
D015342:DNA Probes; D004279:DNA, Viral