An epizootic of avian pox in endemic short-toed larks (Calandrella rufescens) and Berthelot's pipits (Anthus berthelotti) in the Canary Islands, Spain

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 59-65

  Smits, J E ^a   Tella, J L ^b   Carrete, M ^b   Serrano, D ^b   Lopez G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Avian pox; Avipoxvirus; Berthelot's pipit; Canary Islands; Endemic island passerines; Epizootic; Short toed larks

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FOWLPOX VIRUS; GOAT; NONHUMAN; SEROLOGY; STANDARDIZATION; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; AVIPOXVIRUS; BIRD DISEASES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DNA, VIRAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; PASSERIFORMES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POXVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES;

ALAUDIDAE; ANIMALIA; ANTHUS; AVES; AVIPOXVIRUS; CALANDRELLA; CALANDRELLA RUFESCENS; CAPRA HIRCUS; COLUMBA; FOWLPOX VIRUS; FRINGILLIDAE; GALLIFORMES; PASSER; PASSER HISPANIOLENSIS; PASSERIDAE; POXVIRIDAE; SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS);

EID: 13244269891     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.42-1-59     Document Type: Article

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