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May 29, 2009Avian PathologyOpen Access

Serological testing was positive for avian encephalomyelitis virus antibodies in 4 of 5 affected 3-week-old birds and 23 of 29 adult breeding birds, and RT-PCR yielded sequences aligned 82% and 83% with avian encephalomyelitis sequences.

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Population

Pheasant chicks and adult breeding birds on a game farm experiencing an outbreak of neurological disease.

Design

Case_report

Follow-up

up to 7.5 weeks of age

Authors

DWD. de B. WelchmanWCW. J. CoxRGR. Gough

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Overview

Supports AE virus as etiology in pheasant neurological outbreaks; extends known host range but remains hypothesis-generating.

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Population
Pheasant chicks and adult breeding birds on a game farm experiencing an outbreak of neurological disease.
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Outcome
Identification of the causative agent of the neurological disease outbreak.

The study identifies a strain of avian encephalomyelitis virus as the cause of a neurological disease outbreak in reared pheasants.

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Welchman et al. (2009) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8ce68e8a9f77207c301b44https://doi.org/10.1080/03079450902912168
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