A novel group A rotavirus associated with acute illness and hepatic necrosis in pigeons (Columba livia), in Australia

• Christina McCowan ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: christina.mccowan@ecodev.vic.gov.au

  Affiliation Agriculture Victoria, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2513-3235

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• Sandra Crameri,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3284-3355

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• Ayfer Kocak,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Agriculture Victoria, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia

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• Songhua Shan,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

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• Mark Fegan,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Agriculture Victoria, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia

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• David Forshaw,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Albany, Western Australia, Australia

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• Dennis Rubbenstroth,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Institute of Virology, Medical Center–University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, Institute for Diagnostic Virology, Friedrich-Loeffler-Institute (FLI), Greifswald–Insel Riems, Germany

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• Honglei Chen,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology

  Affiliation Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

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• Clare Holmes,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

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• Jenni Harper,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

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• Megan Dearnley,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

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• Jana Batovska,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Agriculture Victoria, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia, School of Applied Systems Biology, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia

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• Jemma Bergfeld,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

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• Colin Walker,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Melbourne Bird Veterinary Clinic, Scoresby, Melbourne, Australia

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• Jianning Wang

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Australian Animal Health Laboratory, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2178-8242

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