Propagation of hemorrhagic enteritis virus in a turkey cell line and vaccine produced

摘要

A lymphoblastoid cell line of turkey origin designated as MDTC- RP-19 and deposited under the ATCC Accession No. CRL-8135 has been found useful for the in vitro propagation of hemorrhagic enteritis virus (HEV). Cocultivation of the apathogenic strain of HEV with the cell line is useful in the production of a vaccine for protecting fowl against virulent HEV.