SIGNS OF MAREK'S DISEASE
- Progressive paralysis, usually of the leg.
- Splayed leg paralysis.
- Weight loss.
- Labored breathing.
- Diarrhea.
- Soiled vent feathers.
- Starvation due to an inability to reach feed and water.
- Death due to starvation or trampling by other birds.
Marek's disease is highly contagious and readily transmitted among chickens. The virus matures and becomes infective in the epithelium of the feather follicle. From the follicle it is released into the environment. Dust or dander from infected chickens is effective in disease transmission.
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