Avian influenza (Topical Term)
- Avian flu
- Bird flu
- Fowl pest
- Earlier heading: Fowl plague
- Influenza in birds
- Broader heading: Influenza
Work cat.: U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture. Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry. Review of the effects of avian influenza on Maryland's poultry industry, 1984.
Merck vet.: p. 1084 (avian influenza; viral disease of domestic and wild birds)
Washington Post, Jan. 14, 2004: p. A2 (Bird flu leaves 12 people dead in Vietnam, WHO says; avian influenza)
Concise vet. dict., 1988 (avian influenza (fowl plague) caused by various strains of influenza virus (A group), acute form known as fowl plague)
Black's vet. dict, 1985 (avian influenza (fowl plague))
Veterinary virology, 1999: ("The devastating form of influenza in chickens known as 'fowl plague' was recognized as a distinct disease entity as early as 1878.")
MESH browser, Feb. 3, 2006 (Influenza in Birds, entry terms: Avian Flu, Avian Influenza, Fowl Plague, Influenza, Avian)