Gumboro

Culprit molecules nabbed in poultry disease

Published in Vaccine Weekly, March 6th, 2002

The molecular keys to the serious poultry disease, known as Gumboro disease, have been discovered for the first time by scientists of the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute and the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine.

At UMBI's Center for Agricultural Research (CAB), virologist Vikram N. Vakharia and colleagues reported finding specific amino acid residues in the Gumboro-causing viruses that are responsible for its infection, virulence and disease development in poultry.

In the late 1980s, concern was heightened in the poultry industry of the Delmarva (Delaware/Maryland/Virginia) Peninsula when researchers found new...

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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2002-03-06)

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