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Marek's Disease
An Evolving Problem
1st Edition - June 30, 2004
Editors: Fred Davison, Venugopal Nair
Language: English
Hardback ISBN:9780120883790
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eBook ISBN:9780080479187
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Marek’s disease is a form of cancer of poultry caused by an important herpesvirus (MDV). It continues to be a threat to poultry health and welfare and worldwide losses are…Read more
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Marek’s disease is a form of cancer of poultry caused by an important herpesvirus (MDV). It continues to be a threat to poultry health and welfare and worldwide losses are estimated to be US$ 1 billion annually. Marek's Disease provides a timely review of the problems of Marek's disease with descriptions of the complex viral life cycle, how MDV targets different types of white blood cells, and details of the virus structure, its genes and proteins.
The multiplicity of factors contributing to susceptibility is explored in detail
Vaccination - the problems arising from current vaccination strategies and how these can be improved and made sustainable in future
The lessons learned in the control of MD over the past 30 years, and how we can use MD as a model for other animal and human diseases is discussed
Veterinary researchers, diagnosticians and epidemiologists
No. of pages: 208
Language: English
Edition: 1
Published: June 30, 2004
Imprint: Academic Press
Hardback ISBN: 9780120883790
eBook ISBN: 9780080479187
FD
Fred Davison
Affiliations and expertise
Institute for Animal Health, Compton Laboratory, Compton, Newbury,UK
VN
Venugopal Nair
Dr K. J. Venugopal is heading the Quality, R&D and Agro project functions of AVT McCormick at Cochin, Kerala. This company is a joint venture of McCormick, the world leader in spices and herbs.