Marek's Disease

MDV Transmitted by

Exposure to other chickens that have disease even if that chicken shows no signs Exposure to environment that contains MDV at one time Exposure to dander transported unwittingly from infected birds by wild birds, wind, rodents, and human traffic Known to survive in exposed environment at least 5 months and possibly for several years.

MDV prevention

Vaccination of chicks help lessen severity vaccine does not prevent the bird from getting marks

Is MDV zoonotic

no

Treatment of MDV

none

Symptoms MDV

paralysis of legs, wings, neck loss of weight grey iris or irregular pupil vision impairment skin around feather follicles rated and roughened.

viral disease of chickens that is caused by herpes virus six mutations of the virus affect turkeys and chickens caused by Marek's diseases virus MDV caused by Gallid Herpes virus 2 (GaHV-2) show post more lesions grey-white foci of neoplastic tissue in lier, spleen, kidney, lung, gonads, heart, and skeletal muscle thickening of nerve trunks and loss of striation lymphoid infiltration is polymorphic

Etiology of MDV