Microorganisms in vertebrate guts have been recognized as important symbionts influencing host life. However, it remains unclear about the gut microbiota in long-distance migratory Anseriformes herbivores, which could be functionally important for these wetland-dependent animals. We collected faeces of the greater white-fronted goose (GWFG), bean goose (BG) and swan goose (SG) from Shengjin Lak...

An adult swan goose (Anser cygnoides) kept in a zoological garden had gross hepatic enlargement with extensive ill-defined white foci. Microscopically, the hepatic lesions were composed of a mixture of adipocytes and myeloid cells. The goose was also affected with systemic amyloidosis and there were areas of osseous metaplasia associated with deposition of amyloid within the liver.

Here, we report the complete genome sequence of a virus of a putative new serotype of avian paramyxovirus (APMV). The virus was isolated from a white-fronted goose in Ukraine in 2011 and designated white-fronted goose/Ukraine/Askania-Nova/48-15-02/2011. The genomic characterization of the isolate suggests that it represents the novel avian paramyxovirus group APMV 13.

Goose/GD/2010 is a newly emerging Newcastle disease virus (NDV) isolated from a sick goose flock in southern China. Here, we report the complete genome sequence of this isolate, which belongs to NDV subgenotype VIIb. This is the first report about the complete genome information of an isolate of subgenotype VIIb in China.

Five erythrocyte species (horse, goose, chicken, guinea pig, and human) were used to agglutinate avian influenza H5N1 viruses by hemagglutination assay and to detect specific antibody by hemagglutination inhibition test. We found that goose erythrocytes confer a greater advantage over other erythrocyte species in both assays.

Egg production is seasonally regulated by the photoperiod in geese. To evaluate effect of natural on egg production, 30 males and 120 females 270-day-old Wanxi white geese Yangzhou were selected divided into two groups according to breed. Both raised under photoperiod. Compared with goose, goose had a lower laying rate higher expression levels follicle-stimulating hormone receptor anti-Mülleria...

serovar-specific real-time pcr for salmonella enterica serovar enteritidis (s. enteritidis) was conductedto detect the genomic dna of s. enteritidis from laying goose after subcutaneous vaccination at differenttime points. indirect fluorescent antibody (ifa) technique and immunohistochemical localization wereemployed to validate the results. the results showed that s. enteritidis was consistent...

An outbreak of egg drop disease occurred in many chicken and goose farms in China in 2011. By using an NS5-specific reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR), we found that 56% of chicken and 38% of goose samples were positive for Tembusu-like virus (TMUV). Isolates showed high sequence homology to duck TMUVs, and chickens and geese showed signs of egg drop disease after experimental infection with du...

Analysis of the sequences of all eight RNA segments of the influenza A/G oose/Guangdong/1/96 (H5N1) virus, isolated from a sick goose during an outbreak in Guangdong province, China, in 1996, revealed that the hemagglutinin (HA) gene of the virus was genetically similar to those of the H5N1 viruses isolated in Hong Kong in 1997. However, the remaining genes showed greater similarity to other av...