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Genetic variations in maternal transfer and immune responsiveness to infectious bursal disease virus.
Veterinary microbiology - 16 Apr 2006
Abdel-Moneim Ahmed S, Abdel-Gawad Mona M A
Abstract excerpt
The immune responsiveness to infectious bursal disease virus (IBDV) in four native and crossbred chicken lines was compared. ELISA IBDV antibody titers in hen serum samples, yolk from matched eggs and sera from matched 1-day-old chicks from each chicken line with an identical vaccination program were measured, and plotted. There was considerable variation between lines in the measured IBDV specific antibodies, in...
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