Clinical signs and results of specific diagnostic testing among captive birds housed at zoological institutions and infected with West Nile virus

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 224, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1640-1643+1606

  D'Agostino, Jennifer J ^a,c   Isaza, Ramiro ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Florida College of Veterinary Medicine   (United States)

^c Oklahoma City Zoo   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BIRD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISORIENTATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; NYSTAGMUS; QUADRIPLEGIA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEIZURE; TREMOR; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; FLAVIVIRUS; RNA VIRUSES; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 2442420884     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2004.224.1640     Document Type: Article

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