Drop of egg production in chickens by experimental infection with an avian metapneumovirus strain PLE8T1 derived from swollen head syndrome and the application to evaluate vaccine

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 783-787

  Sugiyama, Miki ^a   Koimaru, Hiroyuki ^a   Shiba, Masahiro ^a   Ono, Eriko ^a   Nagata, Tadashi ^a   Ito, Toshihiro ^b  

^a BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

^b TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Avian metapneumovirus; Egg drop; Laying hens; Swollen head syndrome; Vaccine

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS VACCINE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; CLASSIFICATION; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GERMFREE ANIMAL; IMMUNOLOGY; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHICKENS; FEMALE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; OVIPOSITION; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; POULTRY DISEASES; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; VIRAL VACCINES;

AVES; AVIAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; GALLUS GALLUS; SPONDIAS PURPUREA;

EID: 33748468351     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: 13477439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.68.783     Document Type: Article

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