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Title: Nervous system

Author
item Swayne, David
item BARNES, JOHN - North Carolina State University
item ABDUL-AZIZ, TAHSEEN - North Carolina Department Of Agriculture & Consumer Services
item FLETCHER, OSCAR - North Carolina State University

Submitted to: Book Chapter
Publication Type: Book / Chapter
Publication Acceptance Date: 7/25/2016
Publication Date: 8/1/2016
Publication URL: http://handle.nal.usda.gov/10113/63173
Citation: Swayne, D.E., Barnes, J.H., Abdul-Aziz, T., Fletcher, O.J. 2016. Nervous system. In: Abdul-Aziz, T., Fletcher, O.J., Barnes, H.J., editors. Avian Histopathology. 4th edition. Jacksonville, Fl: The American Association of Avian Pathologists. p.469-519.

Interpretive Summary: Histopathology and immunohistochemistry are two analytic methods used in veterinary medicine for diagnosis and control of animal diseases. This book chapter provides specialized information for the veterinary pathologist and poultry veterinarians on the histopathological changes associated with diseases of the nervous system in birds for the purposes of making accurate diagnoses, understanding disease pathogenesis, and develop differential etiological lists.

Technical Abstract: Histopathology and immunohistochemistry are two analytic methods used in veterinary medicine for diagnosis and control of animal diseases. This book chapter provides specialized information for the veterinary pathologist and poultry veterinarians on the histopathological changes associated with diseases of the nervous system in birds for the purposes of making accurate diagnoses, understanding disease pathogenesis, and develop differential etiological lists.