An outbreak of goose parvovirus infection in Japan.
In a Muscovy duck breeding-growing farm in Aomori prefecture, most of ducklings hatched during spring in 1994 died within two-week-old. The mortality was nearly 100%. In most cases, birds died without clinical signs and some with leg weakness. By serological and virological tests, the outbreak was identified as a goose parvovirus infection. In pathological test, however, no typical manifestations of goose parvovirus infections (hepatitis and intranuclear inclusion bodies in hepatic cells) were detected.
Laboratory of Poultry Diseases, Kitasato University, Japan.
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Takehara
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Nishio
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Hayashi
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Kanda
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Sasaki
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Abe
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Hiraizumi
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Saito
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Yamada
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Haritani
D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000662:veterinary; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000662:veterinary*; D005777:Geese; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology; D009500:Neutralization Tests; D010322:Parvoviridae Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000662:veterinary*; D017992:Parvovirus; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality