Isolation and some characteristics of a subgroup J-like avian leukosis virus associated with myeloid leukosis in meat-type chickens in the United States

Avian Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 391-400

  Fadly, Aly M ^a   Smith, Eugene J ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibody; Broiler breeders; Broilers; Chickens; Contact transmission; Meat type; Myeloid leukosis; Polymerase chain reaction; Subgroup J avian leukosis virus; Viremia; Virus characterization; Virus isolation

Indexed keywords

AVIAN LEUKOSIS VIRUS J; BIRD DISEASE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FIBROBLAST; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; VIRUS ISOLATION;

AVES; AVIAN LEUKOSIS VIRUS; GALLUS GALLUS; LEUKOSIS VIRUS;

EID: 0033167436     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1592636     Document Type: Review

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