Prevalence of pigeon rotavirus infections: animal exhibitions as a risk factor for pigeon flocks

A total of 289 cloacal swabs from pigeons from 29 different breeders in Germany were collected. In addition, samples from pigeons exhibited at shows were collected. The detailed health status of the pigeon flocks was recorded. Samples were analysed for the presence of the recently discovered pigeon...

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Autores principales: Harzer, Maxi, Heenemann, Kristin, Sieg, Michael, Vahlenkamp, Thomas, Freick, Markus, Rückner, Antje
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Publicado: Springer Vienna 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7815556/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33067650
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00705-020-04834-w
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author Harzer, Maxi
Heenemann, Kristin
Sieg, Michael
Vahlenkamp, Thomas
Freick, Markus
Rückner, Antje
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description A total of 289 cloacal swabs from pigeons from 29 different breeders in Germany were collected. In addition, samples from pigeons exhibited at shows were collected. The detailed health status of the pigeon flocks was recorded. Samples were analysed for the presence of the recently discovered pigeon rotavirus and pigeon circovirus. Pigeon rotavirus was found in 10.3% and pigeon circoviruses was found in 65.5% of sampled pigeon lofts. The study revealed a strong relationship between the attendance of shows and the occurrence of different clinical signs. The higher prevalence of pigeon rotavirus in exhibited animals indicates that exhibitions are a risk factor for the transmission of this pathogen. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1007/s00705-020-04834-w) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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spelling pubmed-78155562021-01-25 Prevalence of pigeon rotavirus infections: animal exhibitions as a risk factor for pigeon flocks Harzer, Maxi Heenemann, Kristin Sieg, Michael Vahlenkamp, Thomas Freick, Markus Rückner, Antje Arch Virol Original Article A total of 289 cloacal swabs from pigeons from 29 different breeders in Germany were collected. In addition, samples from pigeons exhibited at shows were collected. The detailed health status of the pigeon flocks was recorded. Samples were analysed for the presence of the recently discovered pigeon rotavirus and pigeon circovirus. Pigeon rotavirus was found in 10.3% and pigeon circoviruses was found in 65.5% of sampled pigeon lofts. The study revealed a strong relationship between the attendance of shows and the occurrence of different clinical signs. The higher prevalence of pigeon rotavirus in exhibited animals indicates that exhibitions are a risk factor for the transmission of this pathogen. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1007/s00705-020-04834-w) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. Springer Vienna 2020-10-16 2021 /pmc/articles/PMC7815556/ /pubmed/33067650 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00705-020-04834-w Text en © The Author(s) 2020 Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
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