| Abstract: | During surveillance for bovine diarrhea of unknown causes in Japanese black cattle in Kagoshima Prefecture,Japan, we found two types of novel kobu-like viruses in fecal samples of calves. Sequence analyses revealedthat they had L protein and 2A protein with H-box/NC sequence motif, which are present in kobuviruses.Phylogenetic analysis revealed that they were related to kobuviruses; however, they clustered apart from otherkobuviruses. In the prevalence study of two types of novel kobu-like viruses, 16.9% and 10.4% prevalence ofthese viruses were observed in the feces of diarrheal calves in this area. |
