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Associations of BF2 alleles with antibody titres and production traits in commercial pure line broiler chickens.
Animal genetics - 1 Apr 2007
Ewald S J, Ye X, Avendano S, McLeod S, Lamont S J, Dekkers J C M
Abstract excerpt
Three commercial broiler pure lines were evaluated for associations of sire BF2 (major histocompatibility complex class I) alleles with progeny phenotypic traits. Significant BF2 associations with a subset of traits were observed in two lines. The BF2*21 allele was positively associated with antibody titre to infectious bursal disease virus in both lines. Other associations were line-specific.
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