Pathology and tissue distribution of West Nile virus in North American owls (family: Strigidae)

Avian Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-29

  Gancz, Ady Y ^a   Smith, Dale A ^b   Barker, Ian K ^b   Lindsay, Robbin ^c   Hunter, Bruce ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c Public Health Agency of Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EYE; FEMALE; GONAD; HEART; HEART MUSCLE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KIDNEY; MALE; OWL; PATHOLOGY; SKIN; SPLEEN; THYMUS; THYROID GLAND; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BIRD DISEASES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EYE; FEMALE; GONADS; HEART; KIDNEY; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; SKIN; SPLEEN; STRIGIFORMES; THYMUS GLAND; THYROID GLAND; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

AVES; STRIGIDAE; STRIGIFORMES; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 31844450138     PISSN: 03079457     EISSN: 14653338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03079450500465676     Document Type: Article

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