avian leukosis

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avian leukosis

(1) Marek’s disease.
(2) See Avian leukosis-sarcoma virus group.

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There have been a number of well-documented instances of contaminated vaccines transmitting viruses to humans, such as batches of poliovirus and adenovirus vaccines that were found to be contaminated with Simian vacuolating virus 40 (SV40) from rhesus monkey kidney cells in the late 1950s and early 1960s; and some early batches of yellow fever vaccine produced in hens' eggs were found to be contaminated with avian leucosis virus.

Viral Contaminant Testing in Biopharma Manufacturing: There is no single test to detect all potential viral contaminants in biopharmaceutical manufacturing, so ensuring safety requires a risk-based approach involving a combination of methods

The avian leucosis virus induces an obvious lymphoma in chicken called lymphoid leucosis (Pizer and Humphries, 1989).

Lymphoid Leucosis in Chicken - Histopathology of Spleen

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