Seroprevalence of Newcastle disease and other infectious diseases in backyard chickens at markets in Eastern Shewa zone, Ethiopia

Poultry Science

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 862-869

  Chaka, H ^a,b   Goutard, F ^c   Bisschop, S P R ^a   Thompson, P N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b National Animal Health Diagnostic and Investigation Center   (Ethiopia)

^c CIRAD   (France)

Author keywords

Backyard chicken; Ethiopia; Infectious disease; Newcastle disease

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; MYCOPLASMA GALLISEPTICUM; PASTEURELLA MULTOCIDA;

EID: 84857990123     PISSN: 00325791     EISSN: 15253171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3382/ps.2011-01906     Document Type: Article

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