Comparative pathology of chickens and domestic ducks experimentally infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses (H5N1) isolated in Japan in 2007 and 2008

Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-80

  Yamamoto, Yu ^a   Nakamura, Kikuyasu ^a   Yamada, Manabu ^a   Mase, Masaji ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clinical signs; Experimental infection; Histopathology; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANATIDAE; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; CYGNUS; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 77949304340     PISSN: 00213551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6090/jarq.44.73     Document Type: Article

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