ABSTRACT
Enteric viruses are the most diverse group of viruses. The important enteric viruses affecting animals are picornaviruses, rotaviruses, adenoviruses and noroviruses. One of the most significant features of enteric viruses is their effortless and speedy spread. These viruses are able to cause infection even at low infectious dose (< 20 particles). Though the enteric viruses primarily cause diarrhoea and gastroenteritis, they are also responsible for causing respiratory infections, redness and inflammation of the eye, hepatitis, aseptic meningitis, encephalitis, paralysis and high death rates in those patients with compromised immunity. This chapter describes some of the latest molecular diagnostic techniques used to diagnose different enteric viruses of livestock.
