Diagnostics and epidemiology of poulty respiratory diseases

This project is a Trust Fund Cooperative Agreement (TFCA) between the USDA-ARS Southeast Poultry Research laboratory (SEPRL) and Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health (BIAH) on diagnostics and epidemiology of respiratory poultry viruses in Latin/South America. The objective of the TFCA is to expand genetic databases by performing genetic characterization and to improve forensic epidemiology capabilities of respiratory virus variants circulating in South America. This project helps in identification of additional agents that co-infect poultry in the field as well as virus variants that escape vaccination efforts.