Evaluation of the pathogenicity of avipoxvirus strains isolated from wild birds in New Zealand and the efficacy of a fowlpox vaccine in passerines

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 165, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 268-274

  Ha, Hye Jeong ^a   Alley, Maurice ^a   Howe, Laryssa ^a   Gartrell, Brett ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Avipoxvirus; New Zealand birds; Pathogenicity; Taeniopygia guttata; Vaccination; Zebra finch

Indexed keywords

FOWLPOX VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS VACCINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; FOWLPOX; FOWLPOX VIRUS; HYPERPLASIA; INOCULATION; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SONGBIRD; SWELLING; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; VACCINATION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

AVES; AVIPOXVIRUS; FOWLPOX VIRUS; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA; TURDUS MERULA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; AVIPOXVIRUS; BIRDS; CELL LINE; CROSS PROTECTION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FINCHES; FOWLPOX VIRUS; NEW ZEALAND; POXVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VACCINATION; VIRAL VACCINES;

EID: 84892966509     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2013.03.015     Document Type: Article

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