Replication-competent endogenous avian leukosis virus in commercial lines of meat chickens.

Article

Replication-competent endogenous avian leukosis virus in commercial lines of meat chickens.

Avian diseases - 1 Jan 2000

Ignjatovic J

Abstract excerpt

Group-specific (gs)-antigen-positive egg albumen in seven commercial lines of meat chickens was found to result from the presence of endogenous avian leukosis virus (ALV); these lines had resisted selection attempts to reduce the shedding rate. In two meat lines, exogenous as well as endogenous A...

Topics

Animals
Antigens, Viral
Avian Leukosis Virus
Chick Embryo
Chickens
Female
Phenotype
Virus Replication

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