Pathotyping of Australian isolates of Marek's disease virus in commercial broiler chickens vaccinated with herpesvirus of turkeys (HVT) or bivalent (HVT/SB1) vaccine and association with viral load in the spleen and feather dander

Australian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 341-350

  Walkden Brown, Sw ^a   Islam, A ^a   Islam, Afmf ^a   Burgess, Sk ^a   Groves, Pj ^b   Cooke, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Herpesvirus of turkeys; Marek's disease virus; Pathotype; Replication; Virulence

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA; VIRUS VACCINE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHEMISTRY; CHICKEN; FEATHER; GENETICS; HERPES VIRUS; HERPESVIRUS OF TURKEYS; IMMUNOLOGY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MARDIVIRUS; MAREK DISEASE; PATHOGENICITY; PATHOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPLICATION; SPLEEN; VACCINATION; VIROLOGY; VIRULENCE; VIRUS LOAD;

HERPESVIRUS OF TURKEYS; MAREK'S DISEASE VIRUS; PATHOTYPE; REPLICATION; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CHICKENS; DNA, VIRAL; FEATHERS; HERPESVIRIDAE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MAREK DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPLEEN; VACCINATION; VIRAL LOAD; VIRAL VACCINES; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84874718871     PISSN: 00050423     EISSN: 17510813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/avj.12084     Document Type: Article

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