Fatal avian polyomavirus infection during quarantine in adult wild-caught red-faced lovebirds (Agapornis pullaria)

Avian Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 496-498

  Enders, F ^a   Gravendyck, M ^b   Gerlach, H ^a,c   Kaleta, E F ^b  

^a Loro Parque SA   (Spain)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Großhesselohe   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agapornis pullaria; Avian polyomavirus; Lovebirds

Indexed keywords

AGAPORNIS PERSONATA; AGAPORNIS PULLARIA; AGAPORNIS TARANTA; ANIMALIA; AVES; MELOPSITTACUS UNDULATUS; POLYOMAVIRUS; UNIDENTIFIED AGENTS;

EID: 0031127663     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1592213     Document Type: Article

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