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 …

Although a relatively recently emerged virus, identified only in 2004 as a separate species of
avian astrovirus, chicken astrovirus (CAstV) has been associated with poor growth of broiler …

While the vast majority of our food supplies are nutritious and safe, foodborne pathogen-
related illness still affects millions of people each year. Large outbreaks of foodborne …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Despite descriptions of runting-stunting syndrome (RSS) in broiler chickens dating back over
40 years, the aetiology has not yet been described. A novel chicken astrovirus (CkAstV) was …

Runting-stunting syndrome (RSS) in broiler chickens is an enteric disease that causes
significant economic losses to poultry producers worldwide due to elevated feed conversion …

Various methods exist to detect an astrovirus infection. Current methods include electron
microscopy (EM), cell culture, immunoassays, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and various …

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 …