Relationship between Marek's disease and the time course of viral genome proliferation in feather tips

Avian Diseases

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 173-178

  Kuhnlein, Urs ^a   Spencer, J Lloyd ^b   Chan, Maria ^b   Praslickova, Dana ^a   Linher, Katja ^a   Kulenkamp, Al ^c   Ansah, George ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CANADIAN FOOD INSPECTION AGENCY   (Canada)

^c Shaver Poultry Breeding Farms Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Commercial White Leghorn; Feather tips; Marek's disease virus (MDV); MDV lesions; MDV proliferation; Spleen

Indexed keywords

VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AVIAN LYMPHOMATOSIS HERPETOVIRUS; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; FEATHER; GENETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS REPLICATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CHICKENS; FEATHERS; GENOME, VIRAL; MALE; MARDIVIRUS; MAREK DISEASE; POULTRY DISEASES; TIME FACTORS; VIRUS REPLICATION;

AVES; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 33746100705     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/7401-062405R.1     Document Type: Article

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