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Full-Genome Sequence of Infectious Laryngotracheitis Virus (Gallid Alphaherpesvirus 1) Strain VFAR-043, Isolated in Peru

Published: January 13, 2022
Summary
Infectious laryngotracheitis is an avian respiratory disease which is caused by infectious laryngotracheitis virus (ILTV), and clinical signs vary from coughing, conjunctivitis, and gasping to expectoration of bloody mucus and death (1). Whereas genomic database analysis allowed the identification of an ILTV field strain in Australia as a causative agent of outbreaks as a result of recombination...
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Luis Tataje
Manolo Fernandez Diaz
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Ricardo Montesinos
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Dr Sunil Devidas Deshpande, Geneticist & Poultry consultant
2 de mayo de 2022
Absolutely correct. Sequencing/molecular genetics is definitely a very good technology in identification, isolation and eradication of any vector. But with many years of experience I will say this has certain limitations that this technology is not at all useful to improve production traits, particularly in livestocks.
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