The feather tips of commercial chickens are a favorable source of DNA for the amplification of Marek's disease virus and avian leukosis virus, subgroup J

Avian Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 237-240

  Davidson, Irit ^a   Borenshtain, Rinat ^a  

^a KIMRON VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; AVIAN LEUKOSIS; AVIAN LEUKOSIS VIRUS; CHICKENS; DNA, VIRAL; FEATHERS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HERPESVIRUS 2, GALLID; LIVER; MAREK DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN;

AVES; AVIAN LEUKOSIS VIRUS; GALLID HERPESVIRUS 2; GALLUS GALLUS; HERPESVIRIDAE; MARDIVIRUS; ONCOVIRINAE; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0036284327     PISSN: 03079457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03079450220136549     Document Type: Article

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