Experimental reproduction of a spiking mortality syndrome of turkeys

Avian Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 269-278

  Davis, James F ^a   McMurtry, John P ^b   Vasilatos Younken, Regina ^c   Connolly, Brett M ^e   Woolcock, Peter R ^d   Dunn, Patricia A ^c  

^a Georgia Poultry Laboratory   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Arenavirus; Glucose; Growth hormone; Insulinlike growth factor 1

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ARENAVIRUS; AVES; BIRNAVIRIDAE; ENTEROVIRUS; GALLUS GALLUS; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 0031127351     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1592177     Document Type: Article

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