Observations on an outbreak of fowl typhoid in commercial laying birds in Udi, South Eastern Nigeria

Comparative Clinical Pathology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 395-398

  Ezema, W S ^a   Onuoha, E ^a   Chah, K F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Fowl typhoid; Laying birds; Pericarditis; Peritonitis

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349426131     PISSN: 16185641     EISSN: 1618565X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00580-009-0812-0     Document Type: Article

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