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Industry-Wide Surveillance of Marek's Disease Virus on Commercial Poultry Farms.
Avian diseases - 1 Jun 2017
Kennedy David A, Cairns Christopher, Jones Matthew J, Bell Andrew S, Salathé Rahel M, Baigent Susan J, Nair Venugopal K, Dunn Patricia A, Read Andrew F
Abstract excerpt
Marek's disease virus is a herpesvirus of chickens that costs the worldwide poultry industry more than US$1 billion annually. Two generations of Marek's disease vaccines have shown reduced efficacy over the last half century due to evolution of the virus. Understanding where the virus is present may give insight into whether continued reductions in efficacy are likely. We conducted a 3-yr surveillance study to...
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