Load of challenge Marek's disease virus DNA in blood as a criterion for early diagnosis of Marek's disease tumors

Avian Diseases

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 203-208

  Gimeno, Isabel M ^a,b   Cortes, Aneg L ^a   Silva, R F ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Control; Marek's disease; Monitoring; Protection; Vaccination

Indexed keywords

MAREK DISEASE VACCINE; PRIMER DNA; VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD DISEASE; BLOOD; CHICKEN; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MARDIVIRUS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS LOAD;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHICKENS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HERPESVIRUS 1, MELEAGRID; HERPESVIRUS 2, GALLID; MALE; MAREK DISEASE; MAREK DISEASE VACCINES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; VIRAL LOAD;

AVES; DNA VIRUSES; GALLID HERPESVIRUS 2; GALLUS GALLUS; HERPESVIRIDAE; MARDIVIRUS; MELEAGRID HERPESVIRUS 1;

EID: 45849135949     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/8089-081407-Reg.1     Document Type: Article

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