Chicken Anemia Virus in Broilers: Dynamics of the Infection in Two Commercial Broiler Flocks

Avian Diseases

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1466-1473

  Sommer, Franz ^a   Cardona, Carol ^b  

^a Turlock Branch   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Broiler; Bursa; Chicken anemia virus; Immune suppression; Thymus

Indexed keywords

AVES; CHICKEN ANEMIA VIRUS; CIRCOVIRIDAE; GALLUS GALLUS; INFECTIOUS BURSAL DISEASE VIRUS;

EID: 0348013355     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/7048     Document Type: Article

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