| a serological survey of chickens, japanese quail, pigeons, ducks and crows for antibodies to chicken anaemia virus (cav) in japan. | the chicken has been considered as the natural host for chicken anaemia virus (cav). to examine the prevalence of cav in domestic and wild birds in japan, we analyzed serum samples collected from 211 chickens, 168 japanese quail, 105 pigeons, 113 ducks and 116 crows for the presence of antibodies to cav by a micro-scale virus neutralization (vn) test. nine of the 13 chicken flocks (69.2%) were found to be positive for vn antibodies to cav. of the 211 individual chicken serum samples, 127 (60.2%) ... | 1998 | 18484006 |