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Isolation and Metagenomic Identification of Avian Leukosis Virus Associated with Mortality in Broiler Chicken
1 Jan 2016
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Avian leukosis virus (ALV) belongs to the family Retroviridae and causes considerable economic losses to the poultry industry. Following an outbreak associated with high mortality in a broiler flock in northern part of Malaysia, kidney tissues from affected chickens were submitted for virus isolation and identification in chicken embryonated egg and MDCK cells. Evidence of virus growth was indicated by...
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