Department of Veterinary Microbiology, College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Mannuthy, Thrissur-680 651, Kerala, India
*Corresponding author's e-mail: mini@kvasu.ac.in
Online published on 15 December, 2018.
The present work was conducted to determine the prevalence of rotavirus infection among poultry birds having diarrhoea. A total of 143 faecal samples were collected from different parts of Kerala and screened for the presence of rotavirus using RNA polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (RNA-PAGE). Out of 143 samples, 5 (3.49%) were found to be positive in RNA PAGE with a migration pattern 4: 2: 3: 2 of a mammalian-like electropherogroup A rotavirus. The study records the first evidence of rota virus detection from avian species in Kerala.
Diarrhoea, Kerala, Poultry, RNA-PAGE, Rotavirus
