Isolation from Turkeys of a Cell-Associated Herpesvirus Antigenically Related to Marek's Disease Virus

L. Witter, R.; Nazerian, K.; G. Purchase, H.; H. Burgoyne, G.

doi:10.2460/ajvr.1970.31.03.525

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Isolation from Turkeys of a Cell-Associated Herpesvirus Antigenically Related to Marek's Disease Virus

Published in American Journal of Veterinary Research • Mar 1, 1970

Authors:

R. L. Witter

K. Nazerian

H. G. Purchase

Abstract

SUMMARY Cytopathic herpesviruses ( hvt ) were isolated in chick kidney and duck embryo fibroblast cell cultures from blood and kidneys of turkeys from 3 flocks in Indiana and Georgia. In vitro characteristics of these isolates were similar and included highly cell-associated infectivity, syncytial-t...

Subject

Marek's disease

Virology

Isolation (microbiology)

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