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New data on the transmission of pigeon circovirus
Author(s) -
Duchatel J. P.,
Todd D.,
Curry A.,
Smyth J. A.,
Bustin J. C.,
Vindevogel H.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.157.14.413
Subject(s) - porcine circovirus , circovirus , virology , transmission (telecommunications) , biology , veterinary medicine , medicine , computer science , virus , telecommunications
Nineteen racing pigeons aged from one to five years were examined postmortem. pcr tests showed that the spleens of 16 of them were positive for pigeon circovirus, the livers of six were positive, and blood from one of them was positive for the virus. Five of 44 embryos in embryonated eggs collected from three lofts were positive by pcr, but swabs taken from the crops of 64 adult birds which were feeding one- to 10-day-old squabs in these three lofts were negative for the viral dna.