Breeding for Mareks resistance?

[tiki244]

Well this is becoming more and more interesting the more people share.

 

[KKluckers]

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I have heard from many breeders too that after the birds reach POL about 5-6 months they are less likely to get it. I think in Gayle D book it talks about running Turkeys with chickens to help build a resistance. But there is no reference to scientific proof. I know they make the vaccine from the turkey virus/strain?

 

[wilds of pa]

In the book ~Genetics of the fowl~ there's some good reading on this issue::
chapter 12--Genetic resistance to disease

Here you can read more about Mareks
http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp?cfile=htm/bc/203602.htm&word=marek

 

[tiki244]

Thanks! Who is the author of ~Genetics of the Fowl~ ?

 

[KKluckers]

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Frederick B. Hutt

 

[priszilla]

I (probably mistakenly) understood that the survivors of Mareks and other viral diseases produced antbodies themselves which could be passed to their offspring-I need to learn more about this subject