Rotavirus diarrhea is the major cause of death of millions of children in developing countries
besides causing economically significant malady in neonates of many domestic animals. In …

Chickens, turkeys, and other poultry in a production environment can be exposed to
stressors and infectious diseases that impair innate and acquired immunity, erode general …

Intestinal samples collected from 43 commercial broiler and 33 commercial turkey flocks
from all regions of the United States during 2005 and 2006 were examined for the presence …

Astroviruses are frequently associated with enteric diseases in poultry, being isolated from
cases of runting-stunting syndrome (RSS) of broiler chickens, poult enteritis complex (PEC) …

Avian rotaviruses are broadly distributed among birds, but only scarcely characterized on
the molecular level. The VP4-, VP6-, VP7-and NSP5-encoding sequences of eight group A …

The family Reoviridae is a diverse group of viruses with double-stranded RNA genomes
contained within icosahedral, non-enveloped, double-layered protein capsids. Within the …

Rotaviruses (RVs) are among the leading causes of enteritis and diarrhea in a number of
mammalian and avian species, and impose colossal loss to livestock and poultry industry …

Viral enteric disease is an ongoing economic burden to poultry producers worldwide, and
despite considerable research, no single virus has emerged as a likely causative agent and …

Several viruses have been identified in recent years in the intestinal contents of chickens
and turkeys with enteric problems, which have been observed in commercial farms …

Avian rotaviruses (AvRVs) represent a diverse group of intestinal viruses, which are
suspected as the cause of several diseases in poultry with symptoms of diarrhoea, growth …