ATCC? Number:VR-191?
Classification: Picornavirus, Enterovirus, Animal
Agent: Duck hepatitis
Strain: R85952
Original Source: Duck from a farm in Illinois, 1955
Depositors: SB Mohanty
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: frozen
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Host Organism : 9 to 11 day chicken embryo, i.a. inoculation; duck embryo chicken embryo; duck embryo; duck
Incubation : Duration: 1-3 days
Effect : Yes, in vivo effects: Edema, necrosis of liver Yes, in vivo effects: death of embryo
Comments : Ducks (1-2 week) become ill in 1-2 days and die in 3-5 days. Lesions occur in the liver and brain of infected ducks. Survives heating at 56C for 90 minutes. Not stable after lyophilization. An avian encephalomyelitis virus.
References : 33216: Hanson LE. . Am. J. Vet. Res. 19: 712, 1958.