Population
S-line chickens infected with the JM strain of Marek's disease virus
Design
Preclinical
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Identifies feather follicles as MDV shedding site in chickens; leaves open relevance to other herpesvirus models.
The study demonstrates that feather follicle epithelium is a primary source of infectious, cell-free Marek's disease virus in infected chickens.
Calnek et al. (1970) studied this question.
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