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Agriculture · Q560

Animal Husbandry

Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 560

Q560

Marek's disease found in

A.
Beef
B.
Poultry
Answer
C.
Sheep
D.
Goat

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Marek's disease is found in Poultry.
Marek's disease is a highly contagious viral neoplastic disease in chickens. It is named after Jozsef Marek, a Hungarian veterinarian who described it in 1907. Marek's disease is caused by an alphaherpesvirus known as "Marek's disease virus".
Marek's disease caused substantial revenue loss in the poultry industries of the United States and the United Kingdom.