Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2023, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (5): 1048-1057.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.2023.05.08

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Isolation, identification and genetic evolution analysis of novel goose astrovirus in Anhui Province, China

JIA Beiping1(), LYU Xuan1, YANG Qing1, WANG Yinan1, LI Wanxiao1, XIE Xindi1, ZHU Yingqi1, WANG Bei1, YIN Dongdong2, ZHANG Yunkai3, WANG Qing1, WANG Guijun1,*()   

  1. 1. College of Animal Science and Technology, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230036, China
    2. Institute of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hefei 230001, China
    3. Hefei Huameng Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Hefei 231131, China
  • Received:2022-05-28 Online:2023-05-25 Published:2023-06-01

Abstract:

To reveal the etiological and genetic characteristics of the novel goose astrovirus epidemic strains causing goose gout in recent years, the samples were collected from goslings suspected to be infected with the novel goose astrovirus in Anhui Province, China. The viruses were isolated by using healthy goose embryos, and the whole genome sequences of the isolated viruses were determined and analyzed. The results showed that five samples infected with novel goose astrovirus were identified. Five strains of goose astrovirus were successfully isolated from goose embryos by blind transmission for 3 generations. The strains were named as AHAU2018, DY-19, ZY02, HR2105/2 and HR2100/1, respectively. The whole genome sequencing results showed that the total genome length of the isolated strains was 7 175 nt. Phylogenetic tree analysis showed that the five isolated strains belonged to the novel goose astrovirus causing goose gout, and the novel goose astrovirus isolated before 2019 and after 2019 were in different evolutionary sub-branches. The novel goose astrovirus has been mutated in China, and new evolutionary sub branches have emerged. But, whether the dominant genotype has changed remains to be further studied.

Key words: novel goose astrovirus, isolation and identification, whole genome sequencing, genetic evolutionary analysis

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