Detection of astrovirus infection in pigeons (Columbia livia) during an outbreak of diarrhoea

Avian Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 361-365

  Zhao, W ^a,b   Zhu, A L ^a   Yuan, C L ^a   Yu, Y ^a   Zhu, C X ^a   Lan, D L ^a   Yang, Z B ^a   Cui, L ^a   Hua, X G ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JINZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASTROVIRUS; ASTROVIRUS INFECTION; BIRD DISEASE; CHINA; CLASSIFICATION; DIARRHEA; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDEMIC; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MIXED INFECTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ASTROVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; AVASTROVIRUS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHINA; COINFECTION; COLUMBIDAE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POULTRY DISEASES; RNA, VIRAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

ASTROVIRIDAE; AVES; AVIAN NEPHRITIS VIRUS; CHICKEN ASTROVIRUS; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA; GALLUS GALLUS; MIRIDAE;

EID: 79961131487     PISSN: 03079457     EISSN: 14653338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03079457.2011.587792     Document Type: Article

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