Article
Male-mediated venereal transmission of endogenous avian leukosis virus.
Poultry science - 1 Apr 1994
Smith E J, Fadly A M
Abstract excerpt
Congenital transmission of avian leukosis viruses (ALV) occurs readily through the egg, but transmission of ALV through male seminal fluid is considered to be nonexistent or rare. Progeny from mating endogenous late-feathering (LF), K/k+ males carrying an endogenous virus gene (ev21) with virgin...
Topics
- Animals
- Avian Leukosis
- Avian Leukosis Virus
- Chick Embryo
- Chickens
- Feathers
- Female
- Genes, Viral
- Genotype
- Male
- Michigan
- Phenotype
- Poultry Diseases
- Semen
- Sex Factors