Yes it can! It can strike at any age. A chicken can be exposed to it and not show symptoms for years and then get stressed out and come down with Mareks. It's happened to me here on my farm.
Eric
--- In CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com, CathrynTherese Fitch Walden <cathryntherese@...> wrote:
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> Shelley, Mareks can knock down adult birds too. Cathryn
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> From: Shelley Senkbeil <giantsdancefarm@...>
> To: CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sat, November 27, 2010 4:22:59 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHICKENS-101] Re: Marek's question...
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> OK, I'm confused. I've read a bit from searches on Mareks, but it's confusing.
> Here are my questions:
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> 1. My birds are all 7 months or older. If I introduce birds from a farm that has
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> had some Mareks birds, but the ones I got weren't in close contact, how long
> should they be quarantined?
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> 2. If I don't plan to breed my own chicks, am I safe(r)?
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> 3. If Marek's takes weeks to show, can we continue to eat the eggs (no rooster
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> so none fertilized) produced in the meantime?
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> Thanks for your help.
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> --Shelley
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