Incidence of infectious bursal disease in village chickens in two districts of Amhara Region, Northwest Ethiopia

Livestock Research for Rural Development

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Mazengia, Hailu ^a   Tilahun, S B ^b   Negash, T ^c  

^a Andasa Livestock Research Center   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

IBD; Indigenous chickens; Newcastle disease; Poultry; Villages; Viral diseases

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 77953765674     PISSN: None     EISSN: 01213784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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