Chickens given interferon-γ along with HVT vaccine have more protection against very virulent Marek’s disease

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2013-04-23

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Haq, K.
Elawadli, I.
Parvizi, P.
Mallick, A.I.
Behboudi, S.
Sharif, S.
Institute for Community Engaged Scholarship

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Baby chickens developed greater protection against a very virulent strain of Marek’s disease virus if they were given the herpesvirus of turkey (HVT) vaccine alongside interferon-γ. Interferon-γ enhanced the immune response, decreased the incidence of tumours, lowered viral loads, and lowered rates of viral replication.

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This summary is a project of the Institute for Community Engaged Scholarship (ICES) at the University of Guelph, with project partners: the Catalyst Centre, SPARK Program at the University of Guelph, and Knowledge Mobilization Unit at York University. This project is part of the Pan-Canadian Research Impact Network. http://csahs.uoguelph.ca/pps/Clear_Research

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Marek's disease virus, chickens, vaccination, immunity, interferon-γ, herpesvirus of turkey

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