Comparison of two serotype 1 MDV isolates

Miles, A.M.; Anderson, A.S.; Bernberg, E.L.; Kent, J.; Rosenberger, J.K.; Pope, C.R.; Morgan, R.W.

Acta Virologica 43(2-3): 102-105

1999


ISSN/ISBN: 0001-723X
PMID: 10696428
Document Number: 511373
We compared the RB1B and T. King (TK) serotype 1 isolates of Marek's disease virus (MDV) in vivo. Body and organ weights, mortality, and lesions indicated that the TK inoculum established early infection more efficiently than RB1B and did greater damage to the bursa of Fabricius and thymus. Subsequent studies showed that the TK inoculum that we used contained chicken infectious anemia virus (CIAV). Therefore, pathogenicity profiles shown here should be interpreted with the presence of CIAV contamination in the TK stock in mind.

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