ATCC? Number:VR-705?
Classification: Herpesvirus, Avian
Agent: Columbid herpesvirus 1 deposited as Pigeon herpesvirus
Strain: B17
Original Source: Feces from pigeon (Columba livia)
Depositors: HG Purchase
Biosafety Level:2
Shipped: freeze-dried
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Host Organism : chicken embryo fibroblasts chicken embryo fibroblasts in tissue culture
Incubation : Temperature: 37.0°C Duration: 3 days
Effect : Yes, in vitro effects: Cytopathic effects (plaque formation)
Comments : This virus is antigenically similar to that isolated by Cornwell, H.J.C. et al., A herpesvirus infection of pigeons, Vet. Rec. 81: 267, 1967. It appears similar antigenically to owl herpesvirus and falcon herpesvirus. This virus is antigenically similar to that isolated by Cornwell, H.J.C. et al., A herpesvirus infection of pigeons, Vet. Rec. 81: 267, 1967. It appears similar antigenically to owl herpesvirus and falcon herpesvirus.
References : 33833: Purchase HG. . Proc. 76th U.S. Anim. Health Assoc. : 484, 1972.