Relationship between Marek's disease virus load in peripheral blood lymphocytes at various stages of infection and clinical Marek's disease in broiler chickens

Avian Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 42-48

  Islam, A F M Fakhrul ^a   Walkden Brown, Stephen W ^a   Islam, Aminul ^a   Underwood, Gregory J ^b   Groves, Peter J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b Bioproperties Ltd   (Australia)

^c Zootechny Pty Limited   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAREK DISEASE VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AVIAN LYMPHOMATOSIS HERPETOVIRUS; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; CHICKEN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LYMPHOCYTE; MARDIVIRUS; MAREK DISEASE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS LOAD;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 2, GALLID; LYMPHOCYTES; MAREK DISEASE; MAREK DISEASE VACCINES; VIRAL LOAD;

AVES; GALLID HERPESVIRUS 2; GALLUS GALLUS; HERPESVIRIDAE; MARDIVIRUS; MELEAGRID HERPESVIRUS 1; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

EID: 31844455411     PISSN: 03079457     EISSN: 14653338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03079450500465734     Document Type: Article

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