Identification and Sequence Analysis of Duck Hepatitis Virus A Type 1 Isolated from Cherry Valley Breeding Duck

A virus strain, named HeN1403, was isolated from the liver of dead Cherry Valley Breeding ducks.The virus killed 10 days Muscovy duck embryo within 79 hours and showed 33.3% of mortality rate to eight-day-old Muscovy ducklings.HeN1403 was characterized by specific RT-PCR primers which target to duck hepatitis virus A type 1, and it turned out to be a 200 bp fragment.A 714-bp fragment gene was obtained by using a set of primers aimed at VP1 ORF gene.Genetic analysis showed that the isolated virus was one of pancreatitis-type duck hepatitis virus A type 1.