Surveillance of Marek's disease virus in migratory and sedentary birds in Hokkaido, Japan

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 538-540

  Murata, Shiro ^a   Hayashi, Yuko ^a   Kato, Ayumi ^a   Isezaki, Masayoshi ^a   Takasaki, Sarah ^a   Onuma, Misao ^a   Osa, Yuichi ^b   Asakawa, Mitsuhiko ^c   Konnai, Satoru ^a   Ohashi, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hokkaido Institute of Environmental Sciences   (Japan)

^c RAKUNO GAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Geese; Marek's disease virus serotype 1; Meq gene; Migratory birds; Prevalence; Sedentary ducks

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; DNA SEQUENCE; DUCK; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GOOSE; JAPAN; MARDIVIRUS; MAREK DISEASE; MEQ GENE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS STRAIN; WILD TYPE;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIRDS; DNA, VIRAL; FEATHERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, VIRAL; HERPESVIRUS 2, GALLID; JAPAN; MAREK DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; VIRAL PROTEINS;

ANAS; ANSER; ANSER ALBIFRONS; AVES; GALLID HERPESVIRUS 2; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 84861886791     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: 15322971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2011.07.006     Document Type: Article

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