| a novel parainfluenza virus type 3 (piv3) identified from goat herds with respiratory diseases in eastern china. | parainfluenza virus type 3 (piv3) is one of the most important viral respiratory pathogens for humans and for many animals, but goat infection has been rarely reported. starting in aug 2013, goats in the jiangsu and anhui provinces of eastern china suffered severe respiratory diseases. in order to identify the causative agent, numerous related pathogens were tested with rt-pcr or pcr. a unique piv3 strain was detected in most of the clinical nasal swabs or serum samples. the virus was isolated o ... | 2014 | 25236986 |