High prevalence and diversity of bovine astroviruses in the faeces of healthy and diarrhoeic calves in South West Scotland
•Faeces from calves and adult cattle were examined by PCR for astrovirus (AstV).•Genotypically varied AstV were detected in faecal samples from 74% of calves.•AstV was detected in only 15% of faecal samples from adult cattle.•There was no association between presence of AstV and diarrhoea in calves....
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier Scientific Pub. Co
2015
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4464496/ |