From: Deletion of the meq gene significantly decreases immunosuppression in chickens caused by pathogenic marek's disease virus
Virus
Body weight (g)
Relative thymus weight (%)
Relative bursa weight (%)
bac-GX0101
91.9 ± 9.1 a
0.21 ± 0.06 a
0.2 ± 0.07 a
GX0101ΔMeq
116.6 ± 11.9 b
0.42 ± 0.08 b
0.38 ± 0.08 b
Control
125.9 ± 16.7 b
0.48 ± 0.09 b
0.45 ± 0.12 b