Detection of Avian leukosis virus genome by a nested polymerase chain reaction using DNA and RNA from dried feather shafts

Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 519-522

  Hatai, Hitoshi ^a,b   Ochiai, Kenji ^a   Umemura, Takashi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chickens; Dried tissue; Nucleic acid extraction; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

AVES; AVIAN LEUKOSIS VIRUS; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 67849116903     PISSN: 10406387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104063870902100415     Document Type: Article

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