Avian metapneumovirus subgroup C infection in chickens, China.

ABSTRACT: Avian metapneumovirus causes acute respiratory tract infection and reductions in egg production in various avian species. We isolated and characterized an increasingly prevalent avian metapneumovirus subgroup C strain from meat-type commercial chickens with severe respiratory signs in China. Culling of infected flocks could lead to economic consequences.

SUBMITTER: Wei L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3903454 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature