Strain 127 is the
strain of the virus that was isolated and studied after the outbreak of
egg drop syndrome 1976, and where the identification of the exact virus was first made. The virus was first called
Adenovirus 127 after this strain, before being named
Duck adenovirus A. This strain was the first strain of the virus to get a full genome sequence in the
GenBank database. The scientific name of the virus was renamed
Duck atadenovirus A in 2013 and
Barthadenovirus galloanserae in 2024. ==Genome==