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Marek|ˈmærɛk|
The name of Dr. Josef Marek, Hungarian veterinary surgeon, used in the possessive in Marek's disease to designate fowl paralysis (fowl n. 5 c), first described by him in 1907.
1961Brit. Vet. Jrnl. CXVII. 332 It is suggested that this complex be termed Marek's disease, a term which has some precedence and which implies a disease and not a pathological entity. 1964Black's Vet. Dict. (ed. 7) 353/1 Fowl paralysis itself (Marek's disease) has of recent years become more common. 1970Q. Poultry Bull. Dec. 12 The control of Marek's Disease by vaccination is at present very topical. 1972Country Life 3 Feb. 284/1 No sooner had a vaccine for Marek's Disease been found than Fowl Pest swept through our poultry flocks. |