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Mapping quantitative trait loci associated with resistance to coccidiosis and growth.
Poultry science - 1 Jan 2003
Zhu J J, Lillehoj H S, Allen P C, Van Tassell C P, Sonstegard T S, Cheng H H, Pollock D, Sadjadi M, Min W, Emara M G
Abstract excerpt
To map QTL associated with disease resistance to avian coccidiosis and growth, two commercial broiler lines with different degrees of resistance to the disease were crossed to generate an F1 generation that was intercrossed to produce 314 F2 generation offspring. The F2 offspring were inoculated with sporulated oocysts of Eimeria maxima. Five disease-associated phenotypes were measured after the infection....
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