Induction of delayed hypersensitivity to turkey herpesvirus in fowls.
Delayed hypersensitivity, as determined by the wattle skin reaction, to turkey herpesvirus developed in chickens sensitised with the infected cell antigen. A significant increase in skin thickness occurred in the sensitised wattles as compared with the controls.
D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens / Q000276:immunology*; D003129:Comb and Wattles / Q000276:immunology; D006564:Herpesviridae / Q000276:immunology*; D006968:Hypersensitivity, Delayed / Q000276:immunology / Q000662:veterinary*; D012882:Skin Tests; D014422:Turkeys