1 chicken dead and another unable to walk

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0wen said:
It's bad..  [COLOR=1F497D]There is a genetic component to the disease that is,  the viral genes insert into the chromosome of infected chickens and the virus will pop out when the conditions are right. Similar to Marek's in that it is a virus that causes tumors - It often targets the liver which leads to many other problems, including dehydration.  Birds will lose the ability to walk, a paralysis similar again, to Marek's though they often don't splay out like Marek's birds..  Possibly worse than Marek's because it can transmit to to chicks via the egg.  Not as contagious as Marek's though and it doesn't survive well outside of it's host, but it can still transmit from bird to bird.[/COLOR]
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Hopefully it's not that, but it would make sense since the two affected chickens came from the same hatch...
 

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