Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 1976 |
Authors: | Ianconescu, M |
Journal: | Avian Diseases |
Volume: | 20 |
Issue: | 1 |
Date Published: | 1976 |
ISBN Number: | 00052086 |
Keywords: | Coturnix, Coturnix coturnix, Coturnix japonica, Israel, Meleagris, Meleagris gallopavo, Phasianidae |
Abstract: | Turkey meningo-encephalitis (TME), a neuro-paralytic disease of the adult turkey caused by an Arbovirus, was described in 1960 in Israel, and not yet reported elsewhere. The seasonal outbreaks caused a high morbidity and a mortality up to 80%. A tendency toward spread has been found in the last two years. The TME virus was attenuated successfully by adapting it to a new host, the Japanese quail, and a vaccine prepared with this attenuated virus is effective in immunizing turkeys to the disease. |
URL: | http://www.jstor.org/stable/1589481 |
Short Title: | Avian Diseases |
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