A transmissible chicken tumour associated with reticuloendotheliosis virus infection

• Published in: Australian veterinary journal Vol. 56; no. 1; p. 34
• Main Authors: Ratnamohan, N, Grimes, T M, Bagust, Spradbrow, P B
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 1980
• Subjects: Animals; Antibodies, Viral - analysis; Chickens; Female; Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin - immunology; Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin - transmission; Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin - veterinary; Poultry Diseases - immunology; Poultry Diseases - transmission; Reticuloendotheliosis virus - immunology; Tumor Virus Infections - immunology; Tumor Virus Infections - transmission; Tumor Virus Infections - veterinary

Histiocytic lymphosarcomas of the intestine, liver, spleen and sciatic nerve were found at necropsy in a 36-week-old laying hen that was culled from a flock of 1800 birds because of emaciation. Type C particles were observed in ultrathin sections of liver and spleen. The serum of the hen contained r...