Monitoring of wild birds for newcastle disease virus in Switzerland using real time RT-PCR

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 772-776

  Camenisch, Glauco ^a   Bandll, Risch ^a   Hoop, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Avian paramyxovirus 1; Newcastle disease; Real time RT PCR; Switzerland; Wild birds

Indexed keywords

AVES; AVULAVIRUS; NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS;

EID: 52949093562     PISSN: 00903558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7589/0090-3558-44.3.772     Document Type: Article

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