Psittacine circovirus infection in parakeets of the genus Eunymphicus and treatment with β-(1,3/1,6)-D-glucan

Avian Diseases

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 989-991

  Tomasek, Oldrich ^a   Tukac, Viktor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Beta glucan; Immunity; Polymerase chain reaction; Psittacine beak and feather disease; Viruses

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; EPIGLUCAN; GLUCAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CIRCOVIRIDAE; CLASSIFICATION; COCKATOO; DRUG EFFECT; PARAKEET; PHYSIOLOGY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INFECTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; BIRD DISEASES; CIRCOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CIRCOVIRUS; COCKATOOS; GLUCANS; PARAKEETS;

CACATUA LEADBEATERI; CACATUIDAE; CIRCOVIRIDAE; CIRCOVIRUS; EUNYMPHICUS; EUNYMPHICUS CORNUTUS; PLEUROTUS OSTREATUS; PSITTACIDAE; PSITTACIFORMES;

EID: 37349035291     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/7896-013007-CASER.1     Document Type: Article

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