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A study of the effects of Marek's disease in a broiler flock

Authors: Christensen NH
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 36, Issue 2, pp 82-85, Jun 1988
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Avian, Poultry, Production animal
Subject Terms: Mortality/morbidity, Nervous system/neurology, Viral
Article class: Scientific Article

Abstract: In a flock of 17000 broilers, characteristic Marek`s disease (MD) paralysis, accompanied by iincreased mortality occurred during the fourth week of the flock`s life. Cytolytic lesions and atrophy in the bursae of Fabricius, and the severity of lymphocytic infiltration of nerves, livers, proventricuius and brain are suggestive of the involvement of MD virus of greater pathogenicity than has been encountered previously in New Zealand.

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