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Clinical, molecular and cytopathological characterization of a Newcastle disease virus from an outbreak in Baghdad, Iraq.
Veterinary medicine and science - 1 Aug 2020
Al-Shammari Ahmed M, Hamad Mohammed A, Al-Mudhafar Murtadha A, Raad Khansaa, Ahmed Aeser
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BACKGROUND: The frequent outbreaks of Newcastle disease virus (NDV) in Iraq pose a constant threat to commercial poultry, despite the introduction of routine vaccination programmes. Several factors, particularly stress factors and coinfections, might play a role in increasing NDV outbreaks in poultry species. OBJECTIVES: The current study was aimed to characterize an NDV isolate from an outbreak in North Baghdad,...
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