PRESENCE OF AVIAN INFLUENZA-VIRUS (AIV) SUBTYPES H5N2 AND H7N1 IN EMUS (DROMAIUS-NOVAEHOLLANDIAE) AND RHEAS (RHEA-AMERICANA) - VIRUS ISOLATION AND SEROLOGIC FINDINGS

Authors
PANIGRAHY B SENNE DA PEARSON JE
Citation
B. Panigrahy et al., PRESENCE OF AVIAN INFLUENZA-VIRUS (AIV) SUBTYPES H5N2 AND H7N1 IN EMUS (DROMAIUS-NOVAEHOLLANDIAE) AND RHEAS (RHEA-AMERICANA) - VIRUS ISOLATION AND SEROLOGIC FINDINGS, Avian diseases, 39(1), 1995, pp. 64-67
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Veterinary Sciences
Journal title
Avian diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
00052086
Volume
39
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
64 - 67
Database
ISI
SICI code
0005-2086(1995)39:1<64:POAI(S>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Avian influenza virus (AIV) subtypes H5N2 and H7N1 were isolated from emus (Dvomaius novaehollandiae) and rheas (Rhea americana) in Texas an d North Carolina. All the rheas and emus had a history of respiratory disease except one emu, which was clinically normal. The isolates were not pathogenic for chickens and turkeys under the conditions of the e xperiment. Humoral antibodies to all known hemagglutinin (H) subtypes except H10, H13, and H14 and to all nine neuraminidase (N) subtypes we re found in emus and rheas in 11 states. Therefore, emus and rheas are susceptible to infection with several AIV subtypes.