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A virus isolated from a nasal swab taken from a healthy lamb was identified as a reovirus on the basis of morphology and physicochemical characteristics. This virus agglutinated human 0 erythrocytes and was shown by haemagglutination tests to be a type 2 reovirus. Serological evidence indicated infection of other healthy lambs in the same group.
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Snodgrass, D.R., Burrells, C. & Wells, P.W. Isolation of reovirus type 2 from respiratory tract of sheep. Archives of Virology 52, 143–149 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01317873
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