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Selection for high immune response: an alternative approach to animal health maintenance?
Veterinary immunology and immunopathology - 15 Dec 1999
Wilkie B, Mallard B
Abstract excerpt
To test the hypothesis that variation in ability to respond immunologically correlates with health, Yorkshire pigs were bred for high (HIR) and low (LIR) antibody (Ab) and cell-mediated immune response (CMI). Selection was based on standardized measures of Ab (secondary response to hen egg white lysozyme, serum IgG concentration) and CMI (cutaneous delayed-type hypersenstivity to purified protein derivative of...
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