Publications

presence of avian influenza virus (aiv) subtypes h5n2 and h7n1 in emus (dromaius novaehollandiae) and rheas (rhea americana): virus isolation and serologic findings.	avian influenza virus (aiv) subtypes h5n2 and h7n1 were isolated from emus (dromaius novaehollandiae) and rheas (rhea americana) in texas and north carolina. all the rheas and emus had a history of respiratory disease except one emu, which was clinically normal. the isolates were not pathogenic for chickens and turkeys under the conditions of the experiment. humoral antibodies to all known hemagglutinin (h) subtypes except h10, h13, and h14 and to all nine neuraminidase (n) subtypes were found i ...	1995	7794192
an epizootic attributable to western equine encephalitis virus infection in emus in texas.	an epizootic of encephalomyelitis attributable to western equine encephalitis virus was identified in emus (dromaius novaehollandiae) from several flocks in western texas in july 1992. affected emus ranged from 3 months to 3 years old. morbidity of emus in 8 flocks ranged from 15 to 50%, and 17 of 193 (8.8%) emus died. the diagnosis was confirmed by isolation and characterization of the causative virus and detection of antibody to the virus in emus that were currently ill and emus that had been ...	1994	7961099