Abstract
Obtaining the complete or near-complete genome sequence of pathogens is becoming increasingly crucial for epidemiology, virology, clinical science and practice. This study aimed to detect viruses and conduct genetic characterization of genomes using metagenomics in order to identify the viral agents responsible for a calf's diarrhoea. The findings showed that bovine coronavirus (BCoV) and bovine rotavirus (BRV) are the primary viral agents responsible for the calf's diarrhoea. The current study successfully obtained the first-ever near-complete genome sequence of a bovine coronavirus (BCoV) from Türkiye. The G+C content was 36.31% and the genetic analysis revealed that the Turkish BCoV strain is closely related to respiratory BCoV strains from France and Ireland, with high nucleotide sequence and amino acid identity and similarity. In the present study, analysis of the S protein of the Turkish BCoV strain revealed the presence of 13 amino acid insertions, one of which was found to be shared with the French respiratory BCoV. The study also identified a BRV strain through metagenomic analysis and detected multiple mutations within the structural and non-structural proteins of the BRV strain, suggesting that the BRV Kirikkale strain may serve as an ancestor for reassortants with interspecies transmission, especially involving rotaviruses that infect rabbits and giraffes.
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