Hydropericardium syndrome: Current state and future developments

Archives of Virology

Volumn 158, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 921-931

  Asthana, Manu ^a,b   Chandra, Rajesh ^a   Kumar, Rajesh ^a  

^a G B PANT UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF LIFE SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRIDAE; AVES; AVIADENOVIRUS; FOWL ADENOVIRUS 4; FOWL ADENOVIRUS C;

EID: 84876697705     PISSN: 03048608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00705-012-1570-x     Document Type: Review

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