Tremovirus A
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thumb|Chickens who died of avian encephalomyelitis Tremovirus is a virus genus belonging to the Picornaviridae family. The genus has two species, including Avian encephalomyelitis virus. The first avian picornavirus to have its genome sequenced, it causes epidemic tremor in chickens.
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SPECIES
- KingdomViruses
- PhylumPisuviricota
- ClassPisoniviricetes
- OrderPicornavirales
- FamilyPicornaviridae
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- Tremovirus A
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- Avian encephalomyelitis
- ICTV virus genome composition
- positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus
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- T. A
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thumb|Chickens who died of avian encephalomyelitis Tremovirus is a virus genus belonging to the Picornaviridae family. The genus has two species, including Avian encephalomyelitis virus. The first avian picornavirus to have its genome sequenced, it causes epidemic tremor in chickens.
Avian encephalomyelitis virus is of economic importance to chicken farmers because it causes a drop in egg production in laying hens, and neurological diseases in chicks less than three weeks old.
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