Avian paramyxovirus type 1 infection in houbara bustards (Chlamydotis undulata macqueenii): Clinical and pathologic findings

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 325-330

  Bailey, Thomas A ^a,b   Nicholls, Philip K ^d   Wernery, Ulrich ^c   Samour, Jaime ^a   Cooper, John E ^b   O'Leary, Marion T ^d  

^a National Avian Research Center AbuDhabi   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRAL VETERINARY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United Arab Emirates)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlamydotis undulata macqueenii; Houbara bustard; Newcastle disease; Paramyxovirus type 1; Serology; Virology

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; BRAIN; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TEST; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUNG; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEWCASTLE DISEASE PARAMYXOVIRUS; PATHOLOGY; SPLEEN; TIME; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BIRDS; BRAIN; FEMALE; HEMAGGLUTINATION INHIBITION TESTS; LUNG; MALE; NEWCASTLE DISEASE; NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS; SPLEEN; TIME FACTORS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 0031218747     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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