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 ...

About Marek’s disease. Marek’s disease, first described in 1907, is a highly contagious herpesvirus disease, which in chickens causes recurrent infections and tumors within and among the organ systems ...

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 ...

Marek’s disease is a highly contagious virus that’s spread by the chicken’s own dander […] METAIRIE, La. (WGNO) – A lot of people these days have broaden the backyard and taken up ...

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 : ...

Joe Patria, a molecular biology Ph.D. student at UD, unexpectedly pursued poultry research under Professor Mark Parcells, focusing on Marek's disease virus (MDV). He is exploring the molecular ...

Vaccination has been successful in providing lifelong protection of chickens against Marek’s disease since the 1970s. But it doesn’t stop them from becoming infected with virulent strains of ...

“HVT has a good safety profile for chickens and also immunises against Marek’s disease, another herpesvirus that causes tumors, immunosuppression and sometimes mortality,” said an MSD statement.

About Marek’s disease. Marek’s disease, first described in 1907, is a highly contagious herpesvirus disease, which in chickens causes recurrent infections and tumors within and among the organ systems ...