Correlations of genetic resistance of chickens to Mareks disease viruses with vaccination protection and in vivo response to phytohemaglutinin.docVIP

Correlations of of chickens to Marek’s disease viruses with vaccination protection and in vivo to phytohemaglutinin JS Gavora JL Spencer I Okada 3 2 Animal Research Centre, Ontario, K1A OC6 3 Faculty 2 Agriculture Canada, Animal Diseases Research Institute, Response to phytohemaglutinin (PHA) injected in wing webs was measured in adult birds of all 23 groups (exp 4) to assess its relationship to MD resistance. There was a correlation (0.8) between resistance of the genetic groups to the two viruses indicating that selection for resistance to one virus would be expected to improve