title: Detection of picobirnavirus and rotavirus in diarrhoeic faecal samples of cattle and buffalo calves in Mumbai metropolis, Western India.
abstract: In this study 113 diarrhoeic faecal samples obtained from buffalo (n = 68) and cattle (n = 45) calves under 1 years of age were analysed in order to determine the presence of rotavirus infection and the frequency of picobirnavirus excretion. Eleven (9.73%) samples positive for group A rotavirus were identified through RNA-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (RNA-PAGE), while 4 (3.53%) samples showed a bisegmented genome with a typical picobirnavirus pattern. This is the first report of picobirnavirus in cattle and buffalo calves from Western India.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, West Bengal University of Animal and Fishery Sciences, Belgachia, Kolkata 700037, West Bengal, India.
authors.forename: Anjan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mondal
authors.forename: Soumendu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chakravarti
authors.forename: Sharmila B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Majee
authors.forename: Anilkumar Sadashivrao
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Bannalikar
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002020:Buffaloes; D002417:Cattle / Q000821:virology*; D002418:Cattle Diseases / Q000821:virology*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000662:veterinary* / Q000821:virology; D005243:Feces / Q000821:virology*; D007194:India; D018708:Picobirnavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012401:Rotavirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*