Use of FTA® sampling cards for molecular detection of avian influenza virus in wild birds

Avian Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 200-207

  Keeler, Shamus P ^a   Ferro, Pamela J ^a,b   Brown, Justin D ^a   Fang, Xingwang ^c   El Attrache, John ^d   Poulson, Rebecca ^a   Jackwood, Mark W ^a   Stallknecht, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS   (United States)

^d Ceva Biomune   (United States)

Author keywords

AI; avian influenza virus; FTAH; surveillance; wild birds

Indexed keywords

ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS; ANATIDAE; AVES; AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS;

VIRUS RNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CLOACA; DUCK; EVALUATION; INFLUENZA VIRUS A; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; OROPHARYNX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; CLOACA; DUCKS; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; OROPHARYNX; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TEXAS; VIROLOGY;

EID: 84859301991     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/9862-072611-Reg.1     Document Type: Article

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