Occurrence of Marek’s disease in the poultry population of Assam

Abstract

The present investigation was conducted to determine the status of the infection in the chicken population based on epidemiology status of infection in Assam India. During the period of study, outbreaks were reported from five different locations of Kamrup (Metro) district, Assam. A total of 80 cases were recorded with the presence of nodular growth, and out of these, 73 nos. showed positivity for Marek’s Diseases on the pathological and molecular detection. The overall mortality percentage of MD was recorded as 5.93% indicating that the presence of Marek’s disease virus infection in Kamrup (Metro) district, Assam. The mortality percentage was persistent in different age groups and highest (10.98%), mortality was recorded in 8-