Virological monitoring of white storks (Ciconia ciconia) for avian influenza

Avian Diseases

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 578-584

  Muller T ^a   Hlinak, A ^b   Freuling, C ^a   Muhle R U ^c   Engelhardt, A ^b   Globig, A ^a   Schulze, C ^b   Starick, E ^a   Eggers, U ^c   Sass, B ^d   Wallschlager D ^c   Teifke, J ^a   Harder, T ^a   Conraths, F J ^a  

^a FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ANIMAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^b State Laboratory Berlin Brandenburg Frankfurt (Oder)   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^d District Veterinary Office   (Germany)

Author keywords

Avian influenza; Ciconia ciconia; Germany; Monitoring; White stork

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BIRD; CASE REPORT; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CARRIER; FECES; FEMALE; GERMANY; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; VIROLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DISEASE VECTORS; FECES; FEMALE; GERMANY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; MALE; VIRULENCE;

AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; CICONIA CICONIA; CICONIIDAE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZAVIRUS A;

EID: 73449102182     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/8851-040909-Reg.1     Document Type: Article

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