A review of DNA viral infections in psittacine birds

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1099-1106

  Katoh, Hiroshi ^a   Ogawa, Hirohito ^a,b   Ohya, Kenji ^a   Fukushi, Hideto ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIPPON INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA virus; Psittacine bird; Review

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRIDAE; AVES; CIRCOVIRIDAE; DNA VIRUSES; HERPESVIRIDAE; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; POLYOMAVIRUS; POXVIRIDAE; PSITTACIDAE; PSITTACIFORMES;

EID: 77958473412     PISSN: 09167250     EISSN: 13477439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.10-0022     Document Type: Review

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