An outbreak of Newcastle disease in free-living pheasants (Phasianus colchicus)

Journal of Veterinary Medicine, Series B

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 381-387

  Jorgensen P H ^a   Jensen Handberg, K ^a   Ahrens, P ^a   Hansen, H C ^a   Manvell, R J ^b   Alexander, D J ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS FUSION PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; CERCOPITHECUS; CHEMISTRY; CHICK EMBRYO; CLASSIFICATION; DENMARK; EPIDEMIC; GERMFREE ANIMAL; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEWCASTLE DISEASE PARAMYXOVIRUS; PATHOGENICITY; VERO CELL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BIRDS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHICK EMBRYO; DENMARK; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEWCASTLE DISEASE; NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; VERO CELLS; VIRAL FUSION PROTEINS;

EID: 0033174703     PISSN: 09311793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0450.1999.00243.x     Document Type: Article

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