Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N8 Clade 2.3.4.4 Virus: Equivocal Pathogenicity and Implications for Surveillance Following Natural Infection in Breeder Ducks in the United Kingdom

Transboundary and Emerging Diseases

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 5-9

  Nunez A ^a   Brookes, S M ^a   Reid, S M ^a   Garcia Rueda, C ^a   Hicks, D J ^a   Seekings, J M ^a   Spencer, Y I ^a   Brown, I H ^a  

^a VETERINARY LABORATORIES AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Avian influenza; Ducks; H5N8; Inter current disease

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; DUCK; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOLOGY; POULTRY DISEASES; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DUCKS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; INFLUENZA A VIRUS; INFLUENZA IN BIRDS; POULTRY DISEASES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84953836273     PISSN: 18651674     EISSN: 18651682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tbed.12442     Document Type: Article

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