The feather tips of commercial chickens are a favorable source of DNA for the amplification of Marek's disease virus and avian leukosis virus, subgroup J
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- 1 June 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Informa UK Limited in Avian Pathology
- Vol. 31 (3), 237-240
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03079450220136549
Abstract
Marek's disease virus (MDV), a herpesvirus, and avian leukosis virus, subgroup J (ALV-J), a retrovirus, are oncogenic viruses of poultry. The present report describes a case-report study aimed at examining the efficacy of amplifying MDV and/or ALV-J from feather-tip DNA as compared with DNA purified from liver and spleen. We show that the polymerase chain reaction for MDV and ALV-J env using DNA from feather tips was more effective for diagnosis of naturally infected commercial chickens than using the liver and spleen.Keywords
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