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SUBMITTER: Yuk SS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5583426 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of veterinary science 20170801 S1
During the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N8 virus outbreak in Korea, a dog in layer farm contaminated by H5N8 was reported seropositive for HPAI H5N8. To investigate the possibility of adaptation and transmission of HPAI H5N8 to dogs, we experimentally inoculated dogs with H5N8. Viral genes were weakly detected in nasal swabs and seroconversions in inoculated and contact dogs. Although the H5N8 virus did not induced severe clinical signs to dogs, the results suggest that surveillanc ...[more]