Risk-based surveillance for H5N1 avian influenza virus in wild birds in Great Britain

Veterinary Record

Volumn 161, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 775-781

  Snow, L C ^a   Newson, S E ^b   Musgrove, A J ^b   Cranswick, P A ^c   Crick, H Q P ^b   Wilesmith, J W ^d  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

^c WILDFOWL AND WETLANDS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d Food and Rural Affairs   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION MIGRATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; VIROLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIRDS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; GREAT BRITAIN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POULTRY DISEASES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 38049064349     PISSN: 00424900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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