A Review of the Strain Diversity and Pathogenesis of Chicken Astrovirus

dc.contributor.authorSmyth, Victoria J.
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-16T09:35:04Z
dc.date.available2021-07-16T09:35:04Z
dc.date.issued2017-02-10
dc.descriptionPublication history: Accepted - 25 January 2017; Published online - 10 February 2017.en_US
dc.description.abstractAlthough a relatively recently emerged virus, identified only in 2004 as a separate species of avian astrovirus, chicken astrovirus (CAstV) has been associated with poor growth of broiler flocks, enteritis and diarrhea and is a candidate pathogen in cases of runting stunting syndrome. More recently CAstV has been implicated in cases of two other diseases of broilers as the sole etiological agent, namely severe kidney disease of young broilers with visceral gout and the “White Chicks” hatchery disease. Examination of the strains of CAstV associated with the two latter diseases reveals they are closely related genetically. This review will discuss the pathogenesis of CAstV in relation to strain diversity and the effects of vertical versus horizontal transmission, virus load, co-infections and age of bird at infection, all factors that may impact upon disease severity.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe author would like to thank the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) in Northern Ireland for supporting this review.en_US
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12518/314
dc.identifier.citationSmyth, V. (2017) ‘A Review of the Strain Diversity and Pathogenesis of Chicken Astrovirus’, Viruses, 9(2), p. 29. doi: 10.3390/v9020029.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1999-4915
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/v9020029
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.rights© 2017 by the author; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).en_US
dc.subjectchicken astrovirusen_US
dc.subjectstrain diversityen_US
dc.subjectpathogenesisen_US
dc.titleA Review of the Strain Diversity and Pathogenesis of Chicken Astrovirusen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dcterms.dateAccepted2017-01-25
dcterms.dateSubmitted2017-01-04

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