Orchitis in roosters with reduced fertility associated with avian infectious bronchitis virus and avian metapneumovirus infections

Avian Diseases

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 900-904

  Villarreal, L Y B ^a   Brandao P E ^a   Chacon J L ^a   Assayag, M S ^a   Maiorka, P C ^a   Raffi, P ^b   Saidenberg, A B S ^a   Jones, R C ^c   Ferreira, A J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b COBB Vantress do Brasil ^*  (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avian infectious bronchitis virus; Avian metapneumovirus; Epididymus; Fertility; Roosters; Stones

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFECTIOUS BRONCHITIS VIRUS; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; ORCHITIS; PHYLOGENY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; INFECTIOUS BRONCHITIS VIRUS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; METAPNEUMOVIRUS; ORCHITIS; PARAMYXOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PHYLOGENY; POULTRY DISEASES;

AVIAN INFECTIOUS BRONCHITIS VIRUS; AVIAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; EUKARYOTA; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 37349016217     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/7815-121306-REGR4.1     Document Type: Article

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