title: ["Best fit" pathotyping of field Marek's (big liver) disease virus strains isolated in the Russian Federation in 2001-2005].
abstract: The paper presents the results of classifying 20 Russian isolates of serotype 1 Marek's disease viruses (MDV) by the adapted "best fit" method (ADOL, USA). The native SPF-chickens of the Shchelkovo line have enough susceptibility for pathotyping of MDV. The Russian isolates were classified by the pathotype in comparison with the reference strains of varying virulence; 8 of them belonged to the vv+ pathotype, 11 to the vv pathotype, and 1 to the v pathotype.
authors.forename: E K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Dudnikova
authors.forename: S N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Hopkina
authors.forename: T I
authors.initials: TI
authors.lastname: Aliper
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Vlasov
authors.forename: G V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Dzhulardov
authors.forename: Lucy
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Witter
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens / Q000821:virology; D025922:Mardivirus / Q000145:classification* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D008380:Marek Disease / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000821:virology*; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D014773:Virology / Q000379:methods