A novel tool for specific detection and quantification of chicken/turkey parvoviruses to trace poultry fecal contamination in the environment.

ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: Carratala A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3457093 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature