Reovirus associated with excessive mortality in young bobwhite quail

• Published in: Avian 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
• Language: English
• 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
• DOI: 10.2307/1591925
• ISSN: 0005-2086

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