Center for Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Institute of Virology, Leipzig University, An den Tierkliniken 29, 04103, Leipzig, Germany.
Faculty of Agriculture/Environment/Chemistry, HTW Dresden-University of Applied Sciences, Dresden, Germany.
Arch Virol. 2021 Jan;166(1):65-72. doi: 10.1007/s00705-020-04834-w. Epub 2020 Oct 16.
A total of 289 cloacal swabs from pigeons from 29 different breeders in Germany were collected. In addition, samples from pigeons exhibited at shows were collected. The detailed health status of the pigeon flocks was recorded. Samples were analysed for the presence of the recently discovered pigeon rotavirus and pigeon circovirus. Pigeon rotavirus was found in 10.3% and pigeon circoviruses was found in 65.5% of sampled pigeon lofts. The study revealed a strong relationship between the attendance of shows and the occurrence of different clinical signs. The higher prevalence of pigeon rotavirus in exhibited animals indicates that exhibitions are a risk factor for the transmission of this pathogen.
从德国 29 个不同鸽舍的 289 份泄殖腔拭子中采集样本。此外,还采集了展览鸽的样本。详细记录了鸽群的健康状况。对最近发现的鸽轮状病毒和鸽圆环病毒进行了样本分析。在采集的鸽舍样本中,发现鸽轮状病毒的比例为 10.3%,鸽圆环病毒的比例为 65.5%。研究表明,参加展览与出现不同临床症状之间存在很强的相关性。参展动物中鸽轮状病毒的更高流行率表明,展览是这种病原体传播的一个风险因素。