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Late Marek's disease in adult chickens inoculated with virulent Marek's disease virus.
The Journal of veterinary medical science - 1 Dec 2010
Ikezawa Mitsutaka, Goryo Masanobu, Sasaki Jun, Haridy Mohie, Okada Kosuke
Abstract excerpt
Recently, excessive losses from Marek's disease (MD) have been noted in adult laying flocks over the age of 40 weeks. We defined these late outbreaks in adult chickens as "late MD", and experimentally reproduced the disease in adult SPF P2 line (50-week-old) or commercial line (74-week-old) chickens inoculated with a virulent strain of Marek's disease virus (MDV). Commercial line chickens were given MDV vaccines...
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