A current review of avian influenza in pigeons and doves (Columbidae)

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 170, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 181-196

  Abolnik, Celia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Avian influenza; Doves; Pigeons; Susceptibility; Transmission

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY TITER; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; AVIAN INFLUENZA; CLINICAL STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FIELD STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; INFLUENZA VIRUS A H5N1; NONHUMAN; PIGEONS AND DOVES; POULTRY; REVIEW; SEROCONVERSION; SEROTYPE; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS RESISTANCE; VIRUS SHEDDING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AVES; COLUMBA; COLUMBIDAE; COLUMBIFORMES;

AVIAN INFLUENZA; DOVES; PIGEONS; SUSCEPTIBILITY; TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; COLUMBIDAE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; INFLUENZA A VIRUS, H5N1 SUBTYPE; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SEROTYPING;

EID: 84898417184     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: 18732542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2014.02.042     Document Type: Review

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