An acute form of transient paralysis induced by highly virulent strains of Marek's disease virus

Avian Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 704-720

  Witter, R L ^a   Gimeno, I M ^a,c   Reed, W M ^b   Bacon, L D ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Chicken; Marek's disease; Pathotype; Transient paralysis

Indexed keywords

AVIAN LYMPHOMATOSIS HERPETOVIRUS; CHICKEN; HAPLOTYPE; HERPES VIRUS; INOCULATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; TRANSIENT PARALYSIS; TURKEY (BIRD); VACCINATION; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS VIRULENCE;

AVES; DNA VIRUSES; GALLID HERPESVIRUS 2; GALLUS GALLUS; HERPES; HERPESVIRIDAE; HERPETOVIRUS; MELEAGRID HERPESVIRUS 1; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

EID: 0033208704     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1592740     Document Type: Article

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