Avian poxvirus infection in flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus) in a Zoo in Japan

Avian Diseases

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 955-957

  Terasaki, Toshiaki ^a   Kaneko, Mikako ^b   Mase, Masaji ^c  

^a Tokyo Metropolitan Livestock Hygiene Service Center   (Japan)

^b Tama Zoological Park   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

APV; Flamingo; Phylogenetic analysis; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; FOWLPOX VIRUS; GENETICS; JAPAN; PHYLOGENY; POXVIRUS INFECTION; VIROLOGY; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; AVIPOXVIRUS; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; FATAL OUTCOME; JAPAN; PHYLOGENY; POXVIRIDAE INFECTIONS;

AVES; COLUMBA; PHOENICOPTERIDAE; PHOENICOPTERUS; POXVIRIDAE;

EID: 77953815074     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/9040-082609-Case.1     Document Type: Article

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