Serological survey of the king penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus, in Crozet Archipelago for antibodies to infectious bursal disease, influenza A and Newcastle disease viruses

Polar Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 316-319

  Gauthier Clerc, Michel ^a   Eterradossi, Nicolas ^b   Toquin, Didier ^b   Guittet, Michèle ^b   Kuntz, Grégoire ^a   Le Maho, Yvon ^a  

^a Ctr d'Ecol/Physiol Energ CNRS   (France)

^b Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; DISEASE; SEABIRD;

CROZET ISLANDS; INDIAN OCEAN;

ANIMALIA; APTENODYTES; APTENODYTES PATAGONICUS; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; INFECTIOUS BURSAL DISEASE VIRUS; NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 0036926572     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-001-0346-7     Document Type: Article

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