ATCC? Number:VR-249?
Classification: Poxviridae, Chordopoxvirinae, Avipoxvirus
Agent: Fowlpox virus deposited as Fowlpox virus, Avipoxvirus
Strain: Hofstad (701)
Original Source: turkey, Iowa State College
Depositors: LE Hanson
Biosafety Level:3
Shipped: frozen
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Host Organism : chicken embryo, chorioallantoic membrane inoculation
Effect : Yes, in vitro effects: causes lesions on chorioallantoic membrane
Comments : Found to produce cross-reactions with other recently isolated strains in precipitin tests. Initially non-lethal but after several passages it produced occasional deaths.