Marek's disease (MD), caused by a highly contagious cancer-causing herpesvirus, affects the poultry industry throughout the world.
"It's not just getting the vaccine, the second part of the control of
Marek's disease is the sanitation of the coop.
Le Gros, "Compatibility of turkey herpesvirus-infectious bursal disease vector vaccine with
Marek's disease rispens vaccine injected into day-old pullets," Avian Diseases, vol.
The miR-147 was induced upon Toll-like receptor stimulation and functioned as a negative regulator of TLR-associated signaling events in murine macrophages and it was up-regulated when chickens were infected with
Marek's disease virus [39].
(2008) Transcriptional profiling of
Marek's disease virus genes during cytolytic and latent infection.
Marek's disease is caused by a highly contagious herpesvirus that primarily affects young adult chickens.
The diagnostic data supports the finding that
Marek's disease is the most commonly diagnosed disease throughout California.
No neural involvement was present, while in
Marek's disease neural involvement is a conspicuous feature (Halliwell, 1971).
Protection of chickens against very virulent infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) and
Marek's disease virus (MDV) with a recombinant MDV expressing IBDV VP2.
For example, only
Marek's disease virus (MDV), a cancer-causing virus of poultry, accounts for 2 billion losses worldwide.
The owners also noted that a few birds might have succumbed to
Marek's disease several years previously; however, a definitive diagnosis was never obtained on these suspect cases.
Venugopal K The importance of MHC for Rous sarcoma virus and
Marek's disease virus some Payneful considerations.
