Dynamics of avian coronavirus circulation in commercial and non-commercial birds in Asia – a review

Veterinary Quarterly

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 30-44

  Promkuntod, Naruepol ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL HEALTH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Asia; Avian; chicken; coronavirus; infectious bronchitis virus; poultry; review

Indexed keywords

ASIA; AUTOPSY; AVIAN INFECTIOUS BRONCHITIS VIRUS; AVIAN STOMACH; BACTERIAL KIDNEY DISEASE; BIRD; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONAVIRUS INFECTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INFLAMMATION; JAPAN; KOREA; MIGRANT BIRD; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MORTALITY; NEPHRITIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; REVIEW; TAIWAN; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VACCINATION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; BIRD DISEASES; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POULTRY; POULTRY DISEASES; PREVALENCE; VETERINARY; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; ASIA; BIRD DISEASES; BIRDS; CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS; INFECTIOUS BRONCHITIS VIRUS; POULTRY; POULTRY DISEASES; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84956752160     PISSN: 01652176     EISSN: 18755941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01652176.2015.1126868     Document Type: Review

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