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The SC9-1 vaccine strain has demonstrated superior protective efficacy and is being increasingly adopted in China. Importantly, it harbors a unique recombinant REV-LTR insertion junction that is absent from all other MDV strains. Targeting this strain-exclusive genomic locus, this study established an SYBR Green I-based quantitative real-time PCR assay for specific detection and quantification of SC9-1 to support clinical vaccine surveillance. We designed specific primers and systematically optimized the qPCR reaction conditions. The resulting assay demonstrated high specificity, showing no cross-reactivity with other MDV strains or common avian pathogens. It achieved a sensitivity of 1.0 \u00d7 101 copies\/\u03bcL, and reproducibility was excellent, with both intra- and inter-assay coefficients of variation below 1.0%. Furthermore, the LOD of this assay for commercial SC9-1 vaccine samples was determined to be 1.22 PFU per 200 \u03bcL sample. In conclusion, this SYBR Green I-based qPCR assay provides a specific, sensitive, and reproducible tool for the rapid quantification of the SC9-1 vaccine virus. 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