Molecular identification of agents causing respiratory infections in chickens from southern region of Pakistan from October 2007 to February 2008

International Journal of Agriculture and Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 325-328

  Ahmed, Ayaz ^a   Khan, Taseer A ^a   Kanwal, Benazir ^a   Raza, Yasir ^b   Akram, Muhammad ^c   Rehmani, Shafqat F ^a   Lone, Nazir A ^a   Kazmi, Shahana U ^b  

^a Sindh Poultry Vaccine Centre   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^c Micro Laboratories   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Avian influenza virus (AIV); Avian influenza virus serotype H5; Avian influenza virus serotype H7; Avian influenza virus serotype H9; Newcastle disease virus (NDV); Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT PCR)

Indexed keywords

AVES; AVIAN INFECTIOUS BRONCHITIS VIRUS; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; AVIAN METAPNEUMOVIRUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALLUS GALLUS; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; NEWCASTLE DISEASE VIRUS; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 67649210092     PISSN: 15608530     EISSN: 18149596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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