bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.03.09.434704; this version posted March 10, 2021. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under aCC-BY-NC 4.0 International license. Comparative viral metagenomics from chicken feces and farm dust in the Netherlands Kirsty T. T. Kwoka#, Myrna M. T. de Rooijb, Aniek B. Messinkb, Inge M. Woutersb, Lidwien A. M. Smitb, Dick J.J. Heederikb, Marion P. G. Koopmansa, My V. T. Phana a Department of Viroscience, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands b Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences (IRAS), Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands Running Head: Virome of Dutch farmed chicken feces and farm dust # Address correspondence to Kirsty T. T. Kwok,
[email protected]. Keywords: fecal virome; virome; dust; airborne farm dust; viral metagenomics; picornavirus; astrovirus; calicivirus; poultry Word counts for main text: 4019 words (max = 5000 words) 1 bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.03.09.434704; this version posted March 10, 2021. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under aCC-BY-NC 4.0 International license. 1 ABSTRACT (250 words, word limit = 250 words) 2 Livestock animals housed in close proximity to humans can act as sources or intermediate hosts 3 facilitating animal-to-human transmission of zoonotic diseases.