Ying Wang, Jianfeng Deng, Xiaorong Wang, Lixia Zhang, Yue Xu, Jianle Ren, Sheng Niu, Yujun Zhao, Fang Yan, Wen-Xia Tian, Yi Yan
Riemerella anatipestifer, belonging to Weeksellaceae family Riemerella, is a bacterium that can infect ducks, geese, and turkeys, causing diseases known as duck infectious serositis, new duck disease, and duck septicemia. We collected diseased materials from ducks on a duck farm in China and then isolated and purified a strain of serotype 1 R. anatipestifer named SX-1. Animal experiments showed that SX-1 is a highly virulent strain with an LD50 value of 101 CFU/mL. The complete genome sequence was obtained...
March 11, 2024: Poultry Science