Outbreaks of Pox Disease Due to Canarypox-Like and Fowlpox-Like Viruses in Large-Scale Houbara Bustard Captive-Breeding Programmes, in Morocco and the United Arab Emirates

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2016, Pages e187-e196

  Le Loc'h, G ^a,b,c   Paul, M C ^b,c   Camus Bouclainville, C ^b,c   Bertagnoli, S ^b,c  

^a RENECO Wildlife Consultants LLC ^*  (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c IHAP   (France)

Author keywords

canarypox virus; Chlamydotis macqueenii; Chlamydotis undulata; conservation; epidemiology; fowlpox virus; outbreak

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIRD; BREEDING; CANARYPOX VIRUS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOWLPOX; FOWLPOX VIRUS; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MOROCCO; MORTALITY; POXVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; VACCINATION; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; BREEDING; CANARYPOX VIRUS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOWLPOX; FOWLPOX VIRUS; MALE; MOROCCO; POXVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; VACCINATION;

EID: 84922455095     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12330     Document Type: Article

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