Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis in pheasants and chukars.
Phesants (Phasianus colchicus) and chukars (Alectoris graeca) were inoculated with Venezuelian equine encephalitis virus. Antibody titers reached a peak 2 weeks postinoculation and the declined. Viremia was of short duration, clinical signs were not detected, and unionculated cage mates did not develop antibody titers.
D000818:Animals; D001715:Bird Diseases / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D001717:Birds; D001769:Blood / Q000382:microbiology; D004666:Encephalitis Virus, Venezuelan Equine / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004683:Encephalomyelitis, Equine / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male