title: Pathotyping of Newcastle disease virus isolates from pet birds.
abstract: Four Newcastle disease virus (NDV) isolates obtained from a pigeon, lory, parrot, and love bird were subjected to biological and molecular characterization. All the isolates were identified as velogenic with intracerebral pathogenicity indices (ICPI) of 1.9-2.0. All the isolates had a 112RRQKRF117 motif in the fusion protein cleavage site (FPCS), typical for pathogenic NDV. Phylogenetic analysis placed the isolates along with a velogenic Indian isolate of Cl group recovered during 1987.
authors.affiliation: Department of Animal Biotechnology, Madras Veterinary College, Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai 600 007, India.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Senthuran
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Vijayarani
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kumanan
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Nainar
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000821:virology; D010856:Columbidae / Q000821:virology*; D009521:Newcastle Disease / Q000821:virology*; D009522:Newcastle disease virus / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010802:Phylogeny; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D014760:Viral Fusion Proteins / Q000737:chemistry; D014774:Virulence
chemical_list: D014760:Viral Fusion Proteins