Development, application, and results of routine monitoring of Marek's disease virus in broiler house dust using real-time quantitative PCR

Avian Diseases

Volumn 57, Issue 2 SUPPL. 1, 2013, Pages 544-554

  Walkden Brown, Stephen W ^a   Islam, Aminul ^a,e   Groves, Peter J ^b   Rubite, Ambrosio ^c   Sharpe, Sue M ^d   Burgess, Susan K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Baiada Poultry   (Australia)

^d Birling Avian Laboratories   (Australia)

^e JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dander; Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Marek's disease virus; Poultry dust; qPCR; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ONCOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRD DISEASE; CHICKEN; DUST; GENETICS; MARDIVIRUS; MAREK DISEASE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEASON; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN; VIROLOGY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DUST; HERPESVIRUS 1, MELEAGRID; HERPESVIRUS 2, GALLID; HERPESVIRUS 3, GALLID; MAREK DISEASE; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, VIRAL; POULTRY DISEASES; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEASONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPLEEN; VICTORIA;

AVES; GALLID HERPESVIRUS 2; GALLUS GALLUS; MAREK'S DISEASE VIRUS SEROTYPE 2 MDV2; MELEAGRID HERPESVIRUS 1;

EID: 84879299363     PISSN: 00052086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1637/10380-92112-REG.1     Document Type: Article

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