Development of a potential challenge model and plant-produced vaccine candidate for beak and feather disease virus

Psittacine beak and feather disease (PBFD), the most prevalent viral disease affecting psittacines, is caused by beak and feather disease virus (BFDV). An outbreak of the disease has been reported in wild endangered Cape parrots (Poicephalus robustus), which is endemic to South Africa. No treatment...

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Main Author: Regnard, Guy Louis
Other Authors: Hitzeroth, Inga
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: University of Cape Town 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15690