Investigations on avian influenza A in meat turkey flocks in Germany

Archiv fur Geflugelkunde

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 11-15

  Hafez, Hafez Mohamed ^a   Prusas, Christine ^a   De Jäckel, Sonia Cortez ^b   Aldehoff, D ^b   Werner, Ortrud ^c  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Geflügelpraxis Dr Pöppel ^*  (Germany)

^c FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibody detection; Avian Influenza; Clinical observations; H6N2; Turkeys; Virus isolation

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA VIRUS; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

EID: 0037292797     PISSN: 00039098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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