Outbreak of avian polyomavirus infection with high mortality in recently captured Crimson's seedcrackers (Pyrenestes sanguineus)

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 236-240

  Rossi, Giacomo ^a   Taccini, Ennio ^b   Tarantino, Chiara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Immunoelectronmicroscopy; Immunohistochemistry; Polyomavirus; Pyrenestes sanguineus

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLIFORMES; POLYOMAVIRUS; PYRENESTES SANGUINEUS;

EID: 18444363631     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-41.1.236     Document Type: Article

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