Herpesvirus-like respiratory infection in African penguins Spheniscus demersus admitted to a rehabilitation centre

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 149-155

  Parsons, Nola J ^a   Gous, Tertius A ^b   Van Wilpe, Erna ^c   Strauss, Venessa ^a   Vanstreels, Ralph Eric Thijl ^d  

^a Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds   (South Africa)

^b University of Pretoria ^*  (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Conservation; Herpesvirales; Laryngotracheitis; South Africa; Sphenisciformes

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFECTIVITY; PASSERINE; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SEABIRD; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VIRUS;

CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

HERPESVIRIDAE; SPHENISCIDAE; SPHENISCIFORMES; SPHENISCUS DEMERSUS;

ANIMAL; BIRD DISEASES; CLASSIFICATION; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HERPESVIRIDAE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PARASITOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PENGUIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SOUTH AFRICA; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIRD DISEASES; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 84944527306     PISSN: 01775103     EISSN: 16161580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/dao02907     Document Type: Article

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