Development of an endogenous virus-free line of chickens susceptible to all subgroups of avian leukosis virus

Avian Diseases

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 412-418

  Zhang, Huanmin ^a   Bacon, Larry D ^a   Fadly, Aly M ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

ALV susceptibility; Chicken line; Free of endogenous viruses

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AVIAN LEUKOSIS ONCOVIRUS; BIRD DISEASE; BREEDING; CHICKEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FIBROBLAST; GENOTYPE; GERMFREE ANIMAL; METHODOLOGY; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; AVIAN LEUKOSIS; AVIAN LEUKOSIS VIRUS; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BREEDING; CHICKENS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FIBROBLASTS; GENOTYPE; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS;

AVIAN LEUKOSIS VIRUS; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 54249154312     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/8180-112707-Reg     Document Type: Article

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