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Resistance, susceptibility, and immunity to cecal coccidiosis: effects of B complex and alloantigen system L.
Poultry science - 1 Jul 2003
Medarova Z, Briles W E, Taylor R L
Abstract excerpt
This study examined alloantigen system L effects on resistance to initial infection and acquired immunity to Eimeria tenella infection in three B complex genotypes. Experimental progeny segregating for B and L genotypes were produced from pedigree matings of B2B5 L1L2 sires and dams. Chicks were weighed and inoculated with 30,000 E. tenella oocysts at 6 wk of age to evaluate resistance in four trials (n = 262)....
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