Comparison of blood and feather pulp samples for the diagnosis of Marek's disease and for monitoring Marek's disease vaccination by real time-PCR

Avian Diseases

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 302-310

  Cortes, Aneg L ^a   Montiel, Enrique R ^b   Lemiere, Stephane ^b   Gimeno, Isabel M ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

Author keywords

diagnosis; Marek's disease; plaque assay; real time PCR; vaccines

Indexed keywords

MAREK DISEASE VACCINE; VIRUS DNA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHICKEN; FEATHER; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MARDIVIRUS; MAREK DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VACCINATION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS CULTURE;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DNA, VIRAL; FEATHERS; MARDIVIRUS; MAREK DISEASE; MAREK DISEASE VACCINES; PLAQUE ASSAY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VACCINATION;

GALLID HERPESVIRUS 2; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 79959299247     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/9578-101510-ResNote.1     Document Type: Article

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