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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| Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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University of Cape Town
2015
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15690 |