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Newcastle disease virus (NDV) is a prototype member of avian paramyxovirus serotype 1 (APMV-1), which causes severe and contagious disease in the commercial poultry and wild birds. In this study, we report the results of phylogenetic analyses of recent NDVs isolated from Markazi province of Iran during a recent outbreak in the commercial broiler with respiratory signs and digestive system lesio...

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J. THE CONTEXT: A SHORT HISTORY OF AFFIRMATIVE ACTION POLICY AND LAW ...................................... ...... ........................ .. ..... .493 II. MISMATCH, EFFICIENCY, AND MERITOCRACy .................................... .497 III. RACE, ETHNICITY, AND MiSMATCH ............................. .. .... .............. ... .499 IV. METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS ... .... ............ ..... ...