Program
Chicken Meat
Research Organisation
James Cook University
Objective Summary
To develop and transfer to the industry molecular techniques for monitoring blood samples for the presence of Marek's disease virus; To use a panel of simple cost-effective molecular diagnostic techniques to describe the effects of various management strategies on Marek's infection; To develop and validate quantitative assays for Marek's disease viral DNA based on real-time PCR; To assemble a comprehensive collection of DNA for Australian wild type Marek's disease viruses.
Project Code
PRJ-000686
Project Stage
Closed
Project Start Date
Monday, July 1, 2002
Project Completion Date
Monday, July 31, 2006
National Priority
Frontier technologies for building and transforming Australian industries
National Priority
Protecting Australia from invasive diseases and pests
National Priority
CME-Improve chicken meat production through the whole supply chain