Antigenic relatedness among Newcastle disease virus isolates from Nigerian feral birds and the La Sota strain

Archives of Veterinary Science

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 79-84

  Ibu, J O ^a   Okoye, J O A ^b   Eze, D ^b   Fasina, F O ^a   Aba Adulugba, E P ^a   Abechi, A S ^a   Woma, Y T ^a  

^a NATIONAL VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Newcastle disease; Nigeria; Vaccine virus; Wild virus

Indexed keywords

AVES; NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS;

EID: 60149097845     PISSN: 1517784X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5380/avs.v13i2.11938     Document Type: Article

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