Many different viruses are excreted by humans and animals and are frequently detected in
fecal contaminated waters causing public health concerns. Classical bacterial indicator such …

In line with the Latin expression “sed parva forti” meaning “small but mighty,” the family
Parvoviridae contains many of the smallest known viruses, some of which result in fatal or …

Poultry parvoviruses identified during the early 1980s are found worldwide in intestines from
young birds with enteric disease syndromes as well as healthy birds. The chicken parvovirus …

Enteric viruses are commonly the cause of most of the primary insults to the gastrointestinal
tract of young poultry. This chapter offers detailed coverage of the history, etiology …

Despite the importance of the poultry gut, remarkably little is known about the complex gut
microbial community. Enteric disease syndromes such as runting-stunting syndrome in …

Previously we identified a novel parvovirus from enteric contents of chickens that were
affected by enteric diseases. Comparative sequence analysis showed that the chicken …

Several enteric viruses have increasingly received attention as potential causative agents of
runting-stunting syndrome (RSS) in chickens. A molecular survey was performed to …

Runting stunting syndrome (RSS) in commercial chickens has been reported worldwide,
and although several studies have attempted to clarify the cause and describe the lesions …

Enteric viruses are known to have significant economic impact on poultry, especially broiler
chicken flocks, because of production losses attributable to poor feed conversion and weight …

Chicken parvovirus (ChPV) is one of the causative agents of viral enteritis. Recently, the
genome of the ABU-P1 strain of ChPV was fully sequenced and determined to have a …