Practice Name:

Ridding Poultry Birds of Murex Virus

Affected Animal	Cattle
Affected Animal (Scientific Name)	Bos Taurus
Affected Animal (Taxonomy)	Bovidae
Affected Animal (Vernacular)	Gai, Gau
Category	Veterinary Care
Disease	Marek's disease
Disease Attak Stage	At any stage
Disease Common Name	Gallid herpesvirus 2
Disease Group	Avian Viral Oncogenesis
Disease Distribution	It has worldwide occurrence.

Innovator / Knowledge Provider	Bhurabhai Terabhai Ninama
City / District	Dahod
KVK District	Krushi Vigyan Kendra, Anand Agricultural University, Dahod
Address	Dahod , Gujarat
Languages Spoken	Gujarati
Vocation	Farmer
State	Gujarat
PIN Code	389151

PAS_1	Cassia fistula Linn: Potential candidate in the health management - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4471647/
PAS_2
Agro Ecological Zone	Agro Ecological Sub Region (ICAR) Madhya Bharat plateau Western Malwa plateau, Eastern Gujarat plain, Vindhyan and Satpura range and Narmada Valley hot, moist semi-arid eco-subregion (5.2), Agro-Climatic Region (Planning Commission) Gujrat Plains And Hills Region (XIII) , Agro-Climatic Zone (NARP) Middle Gujarat Zone (GJ-3)
Disease Symptoms / Clinical Signs	Paralysis of legs, wings and neck. Loss of weight. Grey iris or irregular pupil. Vision impairment. Skin around feather follicles raised and roughened.
Disease Description	It is a highly contagious viral disease caused by a herpes virus called Alphaherpesvirinae. Marek's disease occurs in chickens 3–4 weeks of age or older but is most common between 12 and 30 weeks of age. It can also infect quail and, rarely, turkeys. Female birds are infected more often than males.
Disease Control	The best things small flock keepers can do to prevent Marek's from infecting their chickens are: Buy stock from hatcheries or breeders who vaccinate their birds. If you breed your own, vaccinate day-old chicks. Keep the coop clean and well-ventilated. ... Separate a sick hen from the flock.
Disease Prevention	So how can you prevent Marek's Disease in your flock? Vaccination of day old baby chicks is the most dependable way to prevent the clinical disease. Birds must get the vaccine before they are exposed to the virus. Then the birds need about 4-7 days for the vaccine to do its work.
Precautions
Procedure of Use	Murex is a viral disease afflicting poultry birds. Murex afflicts poultry birds in an epidemic form, causing en masse death of the birds. To control murex disease in poultry, 100 gram bark of golden shower tree (Cassia fistula) is pounded to powder. The powder is soaked in water and placed in a drinking vessel. All the birds are made to drink from this solution. This saves the birds from death and the disease is controlled. The practice is now out of use due to non-availability of golden shower tree material. This is a traditional method learnt from forefathers.
Etiology Causative Agent	Marek's disease herpesvirus (MDV) was identified as the causative agent of this disease. MDV is a lymphotrophic herpesvirus that induces T-cell lymphomas in the chicken (its natural host) after an early cytolytic infection. Stress is the most important environmental factor that plays a major role in MD.
Global Context	Spread world wide
Lesson Implication	Ocular lymphomatosis causes lymphocyte infiltration of the iris (making the iris turn grey), unequal size of the pupils, and blindness. Cutaneous Marek's disease causes round, firm lesions at the feather follicles. Atherosclerosis is induced in experimentally infected chickens.
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Practice ID	DTP0010000003018
Reference	Dahod- 99/5
Annotation ID	GIAN/GAVL/1241
Reference	Dahod- 99/5
Scout	HBN