Age-dependence of hypervirulent fowl adenovirus type 4 pathogenicity in specific-pathogen-free chickens

ABSTRACT: Hypervirulent fowl adenovirus serotype 4 (hvFAdV-4) has emerged as a major pathogen of hepatitis-hydropericardium syndrome (HHS) with increased mortality in chickens, resulting in economic losses to the Chinese poultry industry since June 2015. Here, we isolated a hypervirulent FAdV-4 (hvF...

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Main Authors: Feng Yuan, Huiqi Song, Lei Hou, Li Wei, Shanshan Zhu, Rong Quan, Jing Wang, Dan Wang, Haijun Jiang, Hao Liu, Jue Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-08-01
Series:Poultry Science
Subjects:
HHS
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0032579121002728