Prevalence of pigeon circovirus infections in feral pigeons in Ljubljana, Slovenia

Avian Diseases

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 432-435

  Krapež, Uroš ^a   Slavec, Brigita ^a   Steyer, Adela Fratnik ^a   Pintarič, Štefan ^a,b   Dobeic, Martin ^a,b   Rojs, Olga Zorman ^a   Dovč, Alenka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b CO NAMASTE ^*  (Slovenia)

Author keywords

feral pigeons; pigeon circovirus; prevalence; real time PCR

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; CIRCOVIRIDAE INFECTION; CIRCOVIRUS; CLOACA; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHARYNX; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGEONS AND DOVES; PREVALENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SLOVENIA; VIROLOGY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; CIRCOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; CIRCOVIRUS; CLOACA; COLUMBIDAE; DNA, VIRAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHARYNX; PREVALENCE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, PROTEIN; SLOVENIA;

AVES; CIRCOVIRUS; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA;

EID: 84863640934     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/9929-091211-Case.1     Document Type: Article

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