Marek’s disease can be pervasive in chicken houses. Chickens infected by this highly contagious viral disease often develop tumors, become paralyzed and die. They can shed the virus through their skin ...

The early days of a deadly virus that has run rampant in chicken populations for decades — Marek’s Disease Virus (MDV) — can now be explained thanks to DNA from 1,000-year-old chickens. A new study ...

Ancient chicken remains reveal the origins of virulence in Marek’s disease virus. Science , 2023; 382 (6676): 1276 DOI: 10.1126/science.adg2238 Cite This Page : ...

Using genetic analyses, an international team led by LMU paleogeneticist Laurent Frantz has revealed the evolutionary history of the pathogen of a fatal disease in chickens.

The study Ancient chicken remains reveal the origins of virulence in Marek’s disease virus will be published in Science on Thursday 14 December 2023, 09:00 GMT / 14:00 EST.

Marek's disease is a viral disease in chickens that can cause tumours, paralysis, and often death. It is widespread and can lead to significant losses in poultry farms. infectious bursal disease, also ...

An international team of scientists led by geneticists and disease biologists from the University of Oxford and LMU Munich have used ancient DNA to trace the evolution of Marek's Disease Virus (MDV).