title: Eradication of exogenous avian leukosis virus from commercial layer breeder lines.
abstract: On the basis of earlier studies, a programme for eradicating exogenous avian leukosis virus from commercial poultry stock was devised and applied to 11 layer breeder lines. After three years of testing, avian leukosis virus infection was eradicated completely from all but one, a slow-feathering line.
authors.affiliation: Agricultural and Food Research Council Institute for Animal Health, Houghton Laboratory, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire.
authors.forename: L N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Payne
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Howes
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001353:Avian Leukosis / Q000635:transmission; D001354:Avian Leukosis Virus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D002645:Chickens / Q000382:microbiology*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000662:veterinary; D005260:Female; D010047:Ovalbumin / Q000032:analysis*; D011201:Poultry Diseases / Q000635:transmission; D006113:United Kingdom; D014626:Vaginal Smears / Q000662:veterinary
chemical_list: D010047:Ovalbumin