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Marek’s Disease

Scientific Basis and Methods of Control

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  • © 1985

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Editors:
  1. L. N. Payne

    1. Houghton Poultry Research Station, Houghton, Huntingdon, Cambs., UK

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Part of the book series: Developments in Veterinary Virology (DVVI, volume 1)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Historical Review

    • L. N. Payne
    Pages 1-15

  3. Clinical Disease and Its Economic Impact

    • H. G. Purchase
    Pages 17-42

  4. Pathology

    • L. N. Payne
    Pages 43-75

  5. Characteristics of the Virus

    • K. A. Schat
    Pages 77-112

  6. Molecular Biology of the Virus

    • L. J. N. Ross
    Pages 113-150

  7. Laboratory Diagnosis

    • J. M. Sharma
    Pages 151-175

  8. Immunity

    • P. C. Powell
    Pages 177-201

  9. Principles of Vaccination

    • R. L. Witter
    Pages 203-250

  10. Production of Vaccines

    • A. E. Churchill
    Pages 251-265

  11. Quality Control and Standardization of Vaccines

    • Denise H. Thornton
    Pages 267-291

  12. Genetic Resistance

    • B. W. Calnek
    Pages 293-328

  13. Spread of Marek’s Disease

    • P. M. Biggs
    Pages 329-340

  14. Control of Marek’s Disease by the Poultry Industry : Practical Considerations

    • M. Pattison
    Pages 341-349

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 351-359
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About this book

Take a disease of complex pathology with inflammatory and neoplastic features, which affects lymphoid and neural tissues, belonging to a disease group which killed one chicken in five, and which defied efforts to understand and control it for !lOre than 50 years, and one can begin to appreciate the interest Marek's disease has received. Canpound these characteristics with the finding of the causal herpesvirus, its recog­ nition as the neoplasm first discovered to be so caused, and its pre­ vention by vaccination, and the special place of Marek's disease in veterinary medicine and comparative oncology becomes clear. This book sets out to provide an authoritative and corrprehensive account of knowledge of Marek's disease and its control. I hope that it will be of value to veterinary research workers, teachers and students who need information about the disease, to veterinarians, poultrymen and vaccine manufacturers who have to diagnose and control it, and to oncologists in other fields interested in comparative aspects. other reviews of the disease exist, of course, but this is the first multi­ authored book devoted to the subject.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Houghton Poultry Research Station, Houghton, Huntingdon, Cambs., UK

    L. N. Payne

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Marek’s Disease

  • Book Subtitle: Scientific Basis and Methods of Control

  • Editors: L. N. Payne

  • Series Title: Developments in Veterinary Virology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2613-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Martinus Nijhoff Publishing, Boston 1985

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-9635-5Published: 05 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-2613-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0924-5359

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 360

  • Topics: Virology, Veterinary Medicine/Veterinary Science

  • Industry Sectors: Biotechnology, Pharma

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