title: New data on the transmission of pigeon circovirus.
abstract: Nineteen racing pigeons aged from one to five years were examined postmortem. pcr tests showed that the spleens of 16 of them were positive for pigeon circovirus, the livers of six were positive, and blood from one of them was positive for the virus. Five of 44 embryos in embryonated eggs collected from three lofts were positive by pcr, but swabs taken from the crops of 64 adult birds which were feeding one- to 10-day-old squabs in these three lofts were negative for the viral dna.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Infections and Parasitic Diseases, Avian and Rabbit Clinic, University of Liège, Bd de Colonster 20/bat B.42, B-4000 Liège, Belgium.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Duchatel
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Todd
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Curry
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Smyth
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Bustin
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Vindevogel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000635:transmission* / Q000821:virology; D002060:Bursa of Fabricius / Q000821:virology; D018173:Circoviridae Infections / Q000635:transmission / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D017925:Circovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010856:Columbidae / Q000196:embryology / Q000821:virology*; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D004625:Embryo, Nonmammalian / Q000821:virology; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary; D013154:Spleen / Q000473:pathology / Q000821:virology; D014766:Viremia / Q000662:veterinary / Q000821:virology
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral