Clinical and pathologic responses of american crows (corvus brachyrhynchos) and fish crows (c ossifragus) to experimental west nile virus infection

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1061-1074

  Nemeth, N M ^a   Thomsen, B V ^b   Spraker, T R ^a   Benson, J M ^a   Bosco Lauth, A M ^a   Oesterle, P T ^a,c   Bright, J M ^a   Muth, J P ^a,b   Campbell, T W ^a   Gidlewski, T L ^c   Bowen, R A ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b National Veterinary Services Laboratories   (United States)

^c NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

bird; crow; experimental inoculation; pathology; West Nile virus

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; CROW; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FECES; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIREMIA; VIROLOGY; VIRUS REPLICATION; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE FLAVIVIRUS; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ANTIGENS, VIRAL; BIRD DISEASES; CROWS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FECES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIREMIA; VIRUS REPLICATION; WEST NILE FEVER; WEST NILE VIRUS;

AVES; CORVIDA; CORVIDAE; CORVUS BRACHYRHYNCHOS; CORVUS OSSIFRAGUS; WEST NILE VIRUS;

EID: 80355144936     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15442217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0300985811398249     Document Type: Article

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