Pathologic Lesions Caused by Coinfection of Mycoplasma gallisepticum and H3N8 Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus in Chickens

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 273-283

  Stipkovits, L ^a,b   Glavits, R ^c   Palfi, V ^c   Beres, A ^a   Egyed, L ^a   Denes, B ^c   Somogyi, M ^b   Szathmary, S ^b  

^a Veterinary Medical Research Institute Hungarian Academy of Science   (Hungary)

^b RT Europe Research Center   (Hungary)

^c CENTRAL VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

bacterial; immunologic inflammation; infectious; poultry; respiratory; viral

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; BRONCHITIS; CHICKEN; GERMFREE ANIMAL; HUNGARY; IMMUNOLOGY; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H3N8; MICROBIOLOGY; MIXED INFECTION; MOTION SICKNESS; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; MYCOPLASMOSIS; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY TRACT MUCOSA; TRACHEA; TRACHEITIS; VIROLOGY; VIRULENCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BRONCHITIS; CHICKENS; COINFECTION; HUNGARY; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H3N8 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; MOTION SICKNESS; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; PNEUMONIA; POULTRY DISEASES; RESPIRATORY MUCOSA; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; TRACHEA; TRACHEITIS; VIRULENCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALLUS GALLUS; MYCOPLASMA; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; MYCOPLASMATALES; ORTHOMYXOVIRIDAE;

EID: 84857678470     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: 15442217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0300985811415702     Document Type: Article

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