Pienaar, Anna C.E.Cilliers, J.A.Bigalke, R.D.2014-11-172014-11-1720141987Pienaar, ACE & Cilliers, JA 1987, 'The isolation of a paramyxovirus from pigeons in South Africa’, Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary Research, vol. 54, no. 4, pp. 653-654.0330-2465http://hdl.handle.net/2263/42591The articles have been scanned in colour with a HP Scanjet 5590; 600dpi. Adobe Acrobat XI Pro was used to OCR the text and also for the merging and conversion to the final presentation PDF-format.A paramyxovirus was isolated from diseased pigeons, submitted to the Poultry Section of the Veterinary Research Institute, Onderstepoort, for post-mortem examination. The mean death time for the isolates was determined to ascertain the virulence of the virus. Infectivity trial showed that the paramyxovirus was nonvirulent for 60- and 4-week-old chickens infected by the intraocular and intratracheal routes.en©ARC - Onderstepoort and Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria (original). ©University of Pretoria. Dept. of Library Services (digital).Veterinary medicineVeterinary medicine -- South AfricaArticle