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  • Title: Comb lesions and mortality patterns in white leghorn layers affected by Marek's disease.
    Author: Ekperigin HE, Fadly AM, Lee LF, Liu X, McCapes RH.
    Journal: Avian Dis; 1983; 27(2):503-12. PubMed ID: 6870726.
    Abstract:
    Marek's disease was diagnosed as the cause of prolonged high mortality in two commercial flocks of white leghorn layers by gross and microscopic examination of affected tissues and by immunofluorescent study of live tumor cells using anti-Marek's disease tumor-associated surface antigen, anti-immunoglobulin M, and monoclonal antibodies. The disease was characterized by swollen, necrotic, lymphomatous combs and mortality that rose above normal at 28 weeks of age, peaked at 35-36 weeks, and returned to normal by 45-46 weeks.
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