AgriFutures Chicken Meat Program RD&E Snapshot
As we head into a new research, development and extension (RD&E) period for the Australian chicken meat industry (2022–2027), it is timely to reflect on...
Published: 25 Aug 2016
Author(s): Devlin, Joanne
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DownloadInfectious laryngotracheitis virus (ILTV) causes acute respiratory disease (ILT) in chickens and results in significant economic losses worldwide.
In 2011 is was demonstrated that multiple natural recombination events between ILTV vaccines led to the creation of virulent recombinants that spread and caused severe disease in Australian poultry flocks.
The purpose of the current study was to determine the efficacy of existing vaccines against these dominant and more virulent field strains of ILTV and to prevent future outbreaks of disease caused by ILTV recombinants (e.g. class 9).