Article
Escherichia coli challenge in chickens selected for high or low antibody response and differing in haplotypes at the major histocompatibility complex.
Avian diseases - 1 Jan 2000
Dunnington E A, Siegel P B, Gross W B
Abstract excerpt
Relative sensitivity to Escherichia coli challenge was evaluated in white leg-horn chickens that had been selected for high antibody (HA) or low antibody (LA) response and that differed in haplotypes at the major histocompatibility complex (MHC). Assessments were made of relative body-weight change and of heart and air-sac lesions after inoculation of 10(6), 10(5), or 10(4) E. coli via the posterior thoracic air...
Topics
- Air Sacs
- Animals
- Antibodies, Bacterial
- Body Weight
- Chickens
- Escherichia coli
- Escherichia coli Infections
- Female
- Genotype
- Haplotypes
- Major Histocompatibility Complex