Duck Plague (Duck Virus Enteritis)

Infectious Diseases of Wild Birds

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 87-107

  Hansen, Wallace R ^a   Gough, Richard E ^b  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Duck plague; Herpesvirus; India; Survival; Waterfowl

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879147180     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470344668.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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