Detection of rotaviruses and intestinal lesions in broiler chicks from flocks with Runting and Stunting Syndrome (RSS)

Avian Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 411-418

  Otto, Peter ^a   Liebler Tenorio, Elisabeth M ^a   Elschner, Mandy ^a   Reetz, Jochen ^b   Löhren, Ulrich ^c   Diller, Roland ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR RISK ASSESSMENT   (Germany)

^c BWE Brüterei Weser Ems GmbH and Co KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chicken; Diarrhea; PAGE; Rotavirus; RT PCR; Runting and stunting syndrome (RSS); Transmission electron microscopy; Villous atrophy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; ENTEROPATHY; INTESTINE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOLOGY; ROTAVIRUS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; INTESTINAL DISEASES; INTESTINES; POULTRY DISEASES; ROTAVIRUS; ROTAVIRUS INFECTIONS;

AVES; ROTAVIRUS;

EID: 33749121165     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/7511-020106R.1     Document Type: Article

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