The hydropericardium syndrome in poultry - A current scenario

Veterinary Research Communications

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 127-148

  Balamurungan, V ^a   Kataria, J M ^a  

^a INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Chickens; Diagnosis; Fowl adenovirus; Hydropericardium; Pathogenesis; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

AGAR; FORMALDEHYDE; INACTIVATED VACCINE;

AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; BASOPHIL; BIRD DISEASE; CELL CULTURE; CELL NUCLEUS INCLUSION BODY; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICK EMBRYO LETHAL ORPHAN VIRUS; CHICKEN; COUNTER IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEMAGGLUTINATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYDROPERICARDIUM SYNDROME; KIDNEY; LIVER; LIVER CELL; LIVER HOMOGENATE; LIVER NECROSIS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; SEROTYPE;

ADENOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; AVIADENOVIRUS; CHICKENS; HEPATITIS, VIRAL, ANIMAL; INCLUSION BODIES, VIRAL; KIDNEY; LIVER; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIUM; POULTRY DISEASES; PREVALENCE; SYNDROME; VIRAL VACCINES;

ADENOVIRIDAE; AVES; FOWL ADENOVIRUS 1; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 1042292652     PISSN: 01657380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:VERC.0000012115.86894.1e     Document Type: Review

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