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Isolation and identification of avian rotavirus from pheasant chicks with signs of clinical enteritis
R Legrottaglie1, V Rizzi, P Agrimi
1Dipartimento di Patologia Animale, Profilassi e Igiene degli Alimenti-Università degli Studi di Pisa-Viale delle Piagge 2, Italy.
Abstract:
Three rotaviruses were isolated from intestinal contents obtained from a flock of 6-8-day-old pheasant chicks showing diarrhoea and increased mortality. The isolates were characterized as avian group A rotavirus by immunoenzymatic technique (ELISA) and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE).