Chicks like these are commonly vaccinated for Marek’s disease while they are embryos still in the egg, providing protection against the deadly disease, which is found in all poultry environments ...

Avian Diseases, Vol. 57, No. 2, Supplement: Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium on Marek's Disease and Avian Herpesviruses (June 2013), pp. 562-568 (7 pages) A cross-sectional survey was ...

A modified direct complement-fixation (CF) test is described which will detect antibodies in chicken serum associated with Marek's disease herpesvirus (MDHV) infection. The test is modified in that ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. METAIRIE, La. (WGNO) – A lot of people these ...

When Joe Patria first came to UD for his Ph.D. in molecular biology, he never thought he would end up doing research involving chickens. But, when he came across Mark Parcells, professor of molecular ...

DNA from chickens that lived at least 1,000 years ago unravels the mystery behind the escalation of Marek’s disease. The early days of a deadly virus that has run rampant in chicken populations for ...

Biopharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim has launched a next generation poultry vaccine for Marek’s disease in the country. The product represents a breakthrough in vaccine engineering and ...

Avian diseases such as avian influenza, Marek’s disease and Newcastle disease cause serious economic losses each year and can ...

A new study from University of California, Davis, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture describes how vaccines work against a deadly virus in chickens, and could offer a model for related human ...