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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Fan S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4591157 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
The Journal of veterinary medical science 20150403 9
Newcastle disease virus (NDV) causes a highly contagious viral disease in poultry and wild birds, and it can cause significant economic loss worldwide. Eight viral strains were isolated by inoculating embryonated chicken eggs from the Poyang Lake region of China with swab samples. All eight of the NDV isolates were identified as class I genotype 3 strains, but they diverged notablely from class II viruses. Further analysis revealed that all eight NDV isolates were lentogenic strains containing t ...[more]