A longitudinal field study of mortality and Marek's disease in Norwegian and imported White Leghorns

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 207-219

  Heier, B T ^a   Jarp, J ^a   Kaldhusdal, M I ^a   Schaller, G ^b   Forus, I B ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b PO Box 8156 Dep N 0033   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chicken; Cumulative mortality; Longitudinal study; Marek's disease; Repeated measures analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NORWAY; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; FEMALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MAREK DISEASE; NORWAY; PERIPHERAL NERVES; POULTRY DISEASES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0033546205     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5877(99)00031-8     Document Type: Article

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