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Epidemiological study of fowl glioma-inducing virus in chickens in Asia and Germany.
Avian pathology : journal of the W.V.P.A - 1 Jan 2012
Ochi Akihiro, Ochiai Kenji, Kobara Akiko, Nakamura Sayuri, Hatai Hitoshi, Handharyani Ekowati, Tiemann Inga, Tanaka Ignacia B, Toyoda Takeshi, Abe Asumi, Seok Seung-Hyeok, Sunden Yuji, Torralba Nedeña C, Park Jae-Hak, Hafez Hafez Mohamed, Umemura Takashi
Abstract excerpt
Fowl glioma-inducing virus (FGV), which belongs to avian leukosis virus (ALV) subgroup A, induces fowl glioma. This disease is characterized by multiple nodular gliomatous growths of astrocytes and has been previously reported in Europe, South Africa, Australia, the United States and Japan. FGV and FGV variants have spread to ornamental Japanese fowl, including Japanese bantams (Gallus gallus domesticus), in...
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