Prevalence of Infectious Bursal Disease (Gumboro) Antibodies in Village Chickens in Gombe State, Northeastern Nigeria
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Infectious bursal disease (Gumboro disease).
Infectious bursal disease (IBD) (Gumboro disease) has been described throughout the world, and the socio-economic significance of the disease is considerable world-wide. Various forms of the disease have been described, but typing remains unclear, since antigenic and pathotypic criteria are used indiscriminately, and the true incidence of different types is difficult to determine. Moreover, the...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Poultry Science
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1682-8356
DOI: 10.3923/ijps.2014.703.708