Research Article
Marek?s Disease; current status in Ethiopia and its vaccination trial
Author(s): TK Getahun*
Marek’s disease is a highly contagious, economically important paralytic viral disease of poultry and is seriously threatening the poultry industry of the world including Ethiopia. In the present study, Marek’s disease virus isolated and characterized from clinically diseased chickens reared under different production systems in central Ethiopia. It is caused by herpes virus, belongs to the genus Mardivirus, family Herpesviridae. The virus causes massive destruction of lymphoid cells and macrophages inducing severe immunosuppression. Partial or complete paralysis is a fairly common symptom of Marek’s diseases due to accumulation and proliferation of tumour cells in peripheral nerves. Marek’s disease is diagnosed by isolation of the virus from tissue of infected chickens and viral antigen detection through available methods. Vaccination is the single mo.. Read More»
DOI:
10.15651/GJVMR.23.11.006