We describe here the metagenomics-derived virome in the livers from geese with fatal gosling gout in Shanghai, China
In March 2020, a goose farm (deeding approximately 2, 000 birds) locates in southeast of Shanghai city of China, where there is no AstVs infection report, experimented an outbreak of disease in goslings. About ten-day-old goslings showed the symptoms of depression, decreased appetite, white stool and joint swelling. The anatomical characteristics included urate deposits in the liver, kidney and serosal surface. Seven feces and tissue samples from the liver and kidney were collected by randomly from moribund cases to determine the causative agent of this outbreak. The potential bacterial culture and viral screening were performed, respectively.