Reoviruses are common among domestic poultry and other avian species. This chapter
offers detailed coverage of the history, etiology, pathobiology, epizootiology, diagnosis, and …

The emergence of avian reovirus variant strains has caused negative effects in the poultry
industry worldwide. Regardless of the efforts in molecular characterization and classification …

Reovirus infections are prevalent worldwide in chickens, turkeys, and other avian species.
Viral arthritis is observed primarily in meat‐type chickens but can be found in lighter breeds …

Commercial poultry is vaccinated routinely to protect the birds against infection or disease
caused by several pathogens. The number of vaccines that are used in a particular flock …

Infection of maternal, antibody-negative chickens with chicken infectious anemia virus
(CIAV) can cause clinical disease, while infection after maternal antibodies wane often …

Currently, there is increasing spillover of highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza virus (AIV)
to mammals, raising a concern of pandemic threat about this virus. Although the function of …

Hemorrhagic enteritis and related infections Page 367 Hemorrhagic Enteritis and Related
Infections Silke Rautenschlein, Hassan M. Mahsoub, Scott D. Fitzgerald, and F. William Pierson …

Quail bronchitis (QB) is a naturally occurring, acute, highly contagious, fatal respiratory
disease of young bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus). The disease is of major economic …

Commercial turkey eggs, free of antibodies to avian metapneumovirus subtype C (aMPV/C),
were inoculated with aMPV/C at embyronation day (ED) 24. There was no detectable effect …

Avian metapneumovirus subtype C (aMPV/C) causes a severe upper respiratory tract (URT)
disease in turkeys. The disease is characterized by viral replication and extensive lymphoid …