Table 1 Detection of avian HEV antibodies and RNA in sera and feces from 4 layer flocks
Chicken flock | Scale | Breed | Housing arrangements | Serum samples | Fecal samples | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Detected number | Sum | Positive rate | Detected number | Sum | Positive rate | ||||
A | 2000 | Hy-Line Brown | Cage-free | 18 | 30 | 60% | 7 | 28 | 25% |
B | 10,000 | Hy-Line Brown | Caged | 4 | 34 | 11.76% | 1 | 25 | 4% |
C | 3000 | Hy-Line Brown | Cage-free | 15 | 31 | 48.39% | 6 | 29 | 20.69% |
D | 8000 | Hy-Line Brown | Caged | 4 | 32 | 12.5% | 2 | 28 | 7.14% |