Article
Genetics of immunocompetent traits in a synthetic broiler dam line.
British poultry science - 1 Apr 2005
Sivaraman G K, Kumar Sanjeev, Saxena V K, Singh N S, Shivakumar B M
Abstract excerpt
Three hundred and three chicks of both sexes, from a synthetic dam line (SDL) of broiler chickens, were studied for economic traits (body weights at 4, 5 and 6 weeks of age) and immunological traits (humoral and cell mediated immune responses, and serum lysozyme concentration). The objective was to evaluate these traits and to estimate their genetic and non-genetic parameters. The humoral immune response was...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
