A 25-Year-Old Sample Contributes the Complete Genome Sequence of Avian Coronavirus Vaccine Strain ArkDPI, Reisolated from Commercial Broilers in the United States

Iryna V Goraichuk; James F Davis; Arun B Kulkarni; Claudio L Afonso; David L Suarez

doi:10.1128/MRA.00067-20

A 25-Year-Old Sample Contributes the Complete Genome Sequence of Avian Coronavirus Vaccine Strain ArkDPI, Reisolated from Commercial Broilers in the United States

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020 Feb 27;9(9):e00067-20. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00067-20.

Authors

Iryna V Goraichuk¹, James F Davis², Arun B Kulkarni², Claudio L Afonso¹, David L Suarez³

Affiliations

¹ Exotic and Emerging Avian Viral Disease Research Unit, Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory, U.S. National Poultry Research Center, ARS, USDA, Athens, Georgia, USA.
² Georgia Poultry Laboratory Network, Gainesville, Georgia, USA.
³ Exotic and Emerging Avian Viral Disease Research Unit, Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory, U.S. National Poultry Research Center, ARS, USDA, Athens, Georgia, USA david.suarez@usda.gov.

Abstract

Here, we report the complete genome sequence of Avian coronavirus strain ArkDPI of the GI-9 lineage, isolated from broiler chickens in North Georgia in 1994. This is the complete genome sequence of this vaccine strain, reisolated from broilers in the United States.