An outbreak of Pacheco's parrot disease in psittacine birds recently imported to Campania, Italy: Isolation of Psittacid herpesvirus 2

Journal of Veterinary Medicine, Series B

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 631-637

  Magnino, S ^a   Conzo, G ^a,b   Fioretti, A ^a,b   Menna, L F ^a,b   Rampin, T ^a,c   Sironi, G ^a,c   Fabbi, M ^a   Kaleta, E F ^a,d  

^a Emilia 'Bruno Ubertini'   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^d JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; HERPES; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRUS 2; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 2; PSITTACID HERPESVIRUS 2; PSITTACIDAE; PSITTACIFORMES;

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; EPIDEMIC; HERPES VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; LIVER; PATHOLOGY; PSITTACINE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPLEEN; STANDARD; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BIRD DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ITALY; LIVER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PSITTACIFORMES; SPLEEN; VIRAL VACCINES;

EID: 0030346881     PISSN: 09311793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0450.1996.tb00362.x     Document Type: Article

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