ATCC? Number:VR-713?
Classification: Picornavirus, Enterovirus, Animal
Agent: Avian encephalomyelitis virus
Strain: Van Roekel
Original Source: chicken brain
Depositors: RE Luginbuhl
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
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Host Organism : 5 to 7 day chicken embryos (susceptible strains) newborn chicken; chicken embryos (susceptible)
Incubation : Temperature: 37.0°C Duration: 9 days
Effect : Yes, in vivo effects: Muscular dystrophy and paralysis in chicken embryos
Comments : SIZE: 20-30 nm. RNA. Specific gravity: 1.33gm/cm^3. Resistant to chloroform, trypsin, pepsin and deoxyribonuclease. Protected against effect of heat by divalent magnesium ion. It is recommended that chick embryos from pathogen free flocks be used as hosts to ensure that they are susceptible to the avian encephalomyelitis virus. Virus may be passaged by inoculating yolk sac and harvesting brain of infected CE. SIZE: 20-30 nm. RNA. Specific gravity: 1.33gm/cm3. Resistant to chloroform, trypsin, pepsin and deoxyribonuclease. Protected against effect of heat by divalent magnesium ion.
References : 33252: . Diseases of poultry. 6th ed.Iowa: Iowa State University Press; 1972.