Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0211607

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0211607

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Molecular approaches to solving current and emerging problems in the epidemiology and diagnosis of Marek's disease in Australia. Marek's disease (MD) is a ubiquitous viral disease of chickens that is currently controlled in meat chickens by blanket vaccination of all chickens. However, as has happened overseas, the efficacy of the HVT vaccine being used in Australia is breaking down resulting in subclinical and clinical losses due to MD. To assist industry deal with this situation we propose to develop novel molecular methods for the quantification of Marek's disease viruses (MDV) in the host and the environment, to use these methods to design effective early monitoring systems for MD in broilers that predict disease and performance outcomes, and to develop an epidemiological model that will predict the spread and severity of MD as failure of vaccinal protection progresses.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-05-2002

End Date: 30-09-2005

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $431,263.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Virology | Veterinary Sciences | Epidemiology | Pathology |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Livestock | Poultry | Diagnostics

Other Keywords

Diagnostics | Epidemiology | Livestock | Pathology | Poultry | Veterinary Sciences | Virology

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