A case report of focal Marek disease with obstruction in a Commercial laying jejunum

Subject Areas : clinical veterinary science

فریبرز  Moayer ¹ (Department of Pathobiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch, Iran)
پیام  Haghighi-Khoshkhoo ² (Department of Clinical Science, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Islamic Azad University, Karaj Branch, Iran.)

Received: 2016-11-02 Accepted : 2016-11-02 Published : 2010-03-21

Keywords: Focal form of Marek disease, Jejunum, Commercial Laying,

Abstract :

Marek disease is one of the common viral neoplastic and lymphoproliferative diseases in poultry that involved thevaried internal viscera. The cause of Marek disease is a Lymphotropic herpes virus, which cause pathological lesionsin broiler and commercial laying herds around the world.In this report, the focal form of Marek disease has been detected in jejunum of a commercial laying, on the basis ofhistopathological fndings.