Effect of housing arrangement on fecal-oral transmission of avian hepatitis E virus in chicken flocks

Effect of housing arrangement on fecal-oral transmission of avian hepatitis E virus in chicken flocks

Abstract Background Avian hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is common in chicken flocks in China, as currently no measures exist to prevent the spread of the disease. In this study, we analyzed the effect of caged versus cage-free housing arrangements on avian HEV transmission. First, 127 serum and...

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Main Authors: Baoyuan Liu, Yani Sun, Yiyang Chen, Taofeng Du, Yuchen Nan, Xinjie Wang, Huixia Li, Baicheng Huang, Gaiping Zhang, En-Min Zhou, Qin Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-09-01
Series:BMC Veterinary Research
Subjects:
Avian HEV
Housing arrangement
Virus transmission
Prevention
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12917-017-1203-4

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