A novel tool for specific detection and quantification of chicken/turkey parvoviruses to trace poultry fecal contamination in the environment.
Poultry farming may introduce pathogens into the environment and food chains. High concentrations of chicken/turkey parvoviruses were detected in chicken stools and slaughterhouse and downstream urban wastewaters by applying new PCR-based specific detection and quantification techniques. Our results confirm that chicken/turkey parvoviruses may be useful viral indicators of poultry fecal contamination.
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.
Anna
A
Carratalà
Marta
M
Rusinol
Ayalkibet
A
Hundesa
Mar
M
Biarnes
Jesus
J
Rodriguez-Manzano
Apostolos
A
Vantarakis
Anita
A
Kern
Ester
E
Suñen
Rosina
R
Girones
Sílvia
S
Bofill-Mas
D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens / Q000821:virology*; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017992:Parvovirus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014422:Turkeys / Q000821:virology*; D019562:Viral Load / Q000379:methods*
D004279:DNA, Viral