Article
[Comparative antigenic characteristics of 2 Marek's disease virus variants and of herpesvirus of turkeys isolated in the USSR].
Voprosy virusologii - 1 Jan 2000
Zueva Iu N, Iakovleva L S, Tsvetkov V S, Lavrov S V, Mazurenko N P
Abstract excerpt
The antigens induced by pathogenic (55) and nonpathogenic (83) variants of Marek's disease virus, the Kekava strain (MDV-Kekava) and herpesvirus of turkeys, the M-24-72 strain (HVT-M24-72) were tested in the agar gel precipitation test. The antigens were prepared from feather follicles (FF) of the infected chickens, from the infected cultures of chick embryo fibroblasts (CEF) and from the culture fluid (CF) of...
Topics
- Animals
- Antigens, Viral
- Chick Embryo
- Chickens
- Culture Techniques
- Epitopes
- Genetic Variation
- Herpesviridae
- Herpesvirus 2, Gallid
- Turkeys
- USSR