Genetic characterization of a herpesvirus isolate from a superb starling (Lamprotornis superbus) as a psittacid herpesvirus genotype 1

Avian Diseases

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 212-214

  Tomaszewski, Elizabeth K ^a   Gravendyck, Marcus ^b   Kaleta, Erhard F ^c   Phalen, David N ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERVET INTERNATIONAL BV   (Netherlands)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Genotype 1; Lamprotornis superbus; Psittacid herpesvirus; Superb starling

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; HERPESVIRIDAE; LAMPROTORNIS; LAMPROTORNIS SUPERBUS; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; PSITTACIDAE; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 1842533286     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/7078     Document Type: Article

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