An epizootic of subcutaneous tumors associated with subgroup A avian leukosis/sarcoma virus in young layer chickens

Avian Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 940-946

  Ono, Masaaki ^a   Tsukamoto, Kenji ^b   Tanimura, Nobuhiko ^b   Haritani, Makoto ^b   Kimura, Kumiko M ^b   Suzuki, Goro ^a   Okuda, Yo ^a   Sato, Shizuo ^a  

^a Institute of Animal Health   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Avian leukosis sarcoma virus; Chicken; Myxoma; Neurofibroma; Tumor

Indexed keywords

AVES; AVIAN LEUKOSIS VIRUS; GALLUS GALLUS; ONCOVIRINAE; SUBGROUP A; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 11244297819     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/7162-020204R     Document Type: Article

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