Duck beak atrophy and dwarfism syndrome (BADS) is a newly emerged disease in China since 2015. In October 2017, an unidentified disease occurred in Cherry Valley ducks, Chongqing municipality, the southwest of China. The affected birds showed short beak and growth retardation clinical signs. The disease caused approximately 20.00% morbidity and serious weight loss due to retarded growth. In ord...

Here, we report the complete genome sequence of the novel goose parvovirus (NGPV) strain SC16 (NGPV-SC16), which was isolated from Sichuan Province, China, in 2016 and is a cause of the newly emerging beak atrophy and dwarfism syndrome in ducklings and a moderately pathogenic GPV-related parvovirus. The whole genome of strain NGPV-SC16 was 5,109 nucleotides long.

Dear Editor, Hallermann-Streiff Syndrome (HSS) is a rare genetic condition with multiple systemic involvement chiefly affecting the head and face and includes seven basic signs: dyscephalia and bird-like face, proportionate dwarfism, dental anomalies, atrophy of skin (especially on the nose), hypotrichosis, microphthalmia and congenital cataracts [1,2]. The Brown-McLean Syndrome (BMLS) is a cli...

A newly emerged duck parvovirus, which causes beak atrophy and dwarfism syndrome (BADS) in Cherry Valley ducks, has appeared in Northern China since March 2015. To explore the genetic diversity among waterfowl parvovirus isolates, the complete genome of an identified isolate designated SDLC01 was sequenced and analyzed in the present study. Genomic sequence analysis showed that SDLC01 shared 90...