Optimizing protocols for monitoring in vivo replication of a novel chimeric Marek’s Disease vaccine with an insertion of the Long Terminal Repeat of Reticuloendotheliosis Virus in the CVI988 Strain genome (CVI-LTR)

• Main Authors: Faiz, Nik M., Cortes, Aneg L., Phang, Yuen-fun, Gimeno, Isabel M.
• Format: Article
• Published: Taylor and Francis 2024
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/112120/; https://doi.org/10.1080/03079457.2024.2324930
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Monitoring Marek's disease (MD) vaccination is routinely done by evaluating the load of MD vaccine in the feather pulp (FP) between 7 and 10 days of age. However, attempts in our laboratory to detect a novel CVI-LTR vaccine in the FP samples from commercial flocks failed. The objective of this...