Reovirus associated with excessive mortality in young bobwhite quail

Multiple submissions of bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus) were received for diagnosis from a commercial-size quail operation. The history and clinical signs included respiratory distress, lethargy, and substantial mortality. Reovirus was recovered from quail in the first submission, and both reov...

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Published inAvian diseases Vol. 37; no. 4; p. 1130
Main Authors Magee, D.L, Montgomery, R.D, Maslin, W.R, Wu, C.C, Jack, S.W
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.10.1993
Subjects
ADENOVIRUS AVIAR
Animals
Animals, Domestic
AVIADENOVIRUS
Bird Diseases
CAILLE
CODORNIZ
Colinus
ESTUDIOS DE CASOS PRACTICOS
ETUDE DE CAS
MORTALIDAD
MORTALITE
PODER PATOGENO
POUVOIR PATHOGENE
REOVIRIDAE
Reoviridae - isolation & purification
Reoviridae Infections - epidemiology
Reoviridae Infections - mortality
Reoviridae Infections - veterinary
SINTOMAS
SYMPTOME
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Summary:Multiple submissions of bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus) were received for diagnosis from a commercial-size quail operation. The history and clinical signs included respiratory distress, lethargy, and substantial mortality. Reovirus was recovered from quail in the first submission, and both reovirus and adenovirus were isolated from later submissions. To determine the pathogenicity of the isolated reovirus, the initial isolate was inoculated into young quail from a different source. Those inoculated by the subcutaneous route became lethargic, and more than half died during the 2 weeks of the trial. Reovirus was recovered from a high percentage of those inoculated by this route. To the authors' knowledge, the isolation of reovirus from quail has rarely been reported, and reovirus has never before been suggested as a pathogen in this species
Bibliography:L73
9453058
ISSN:0005-2086
1938-4351
DOI:10.2307/1591925