[en] The pigeon is sisceptible to Reovirus infection since a strain has been isolated from a sick pigeon and 8p. cent of pigeons selected at random in Belgium possess specific antibodies. The strain of Reovirus isolated does not seem to be highly pathogenic for the pigeon as experimental inoculation resulted in the appearance of no symptoms except for excretion of the virus in faeces.
Disciplines :
Veterinary medicine & animal health
Author, co-author :
Vindevogel, Henri ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Faculté de Médecine vétérinaire
Meulemans, G.; Institut National de Recherches Vétérinaires (Belgique)
