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Resistance to Marek's disease virus in White Leghorn chickens: effects of avian leukosis virus infection genotype, reciprocal mating, and major histocompatibility complex.
Poultry science - 1 Aug 2001
Weigend S, Matthes S, Sölkner J, Lamont S J
Abstract excerpt
Genetic improvement for resistance to Marek's Disease (MD) in chickens continues to be of interest to the poultry industry. The aims of this study were to identify effects of the MHC on the molecular level and of avian leukosis virus (ALV) resistance status on MD mortality in two noninbred White Leghorn chicken lines that differ in B blood group type. Previously, within each of the chicken lines, sublines had...
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