Article
Genetic control of avian scleroderma.
Immunogenetics - 1 Jan 1990
Abplanalp H, Gershwin M E, Johnston E, Reid J
Abstract excerpt
The inheritance of avian scleroderma, a fibrotic autoimmune disease of chickens resembling human scleroderma, was investigated. Comb inflammations and lesions were used to determine the state of disease of 4-week-old chickens. All line 200 males and 60% of female line 200 chicks showed abnormalit...
Topics
- Animals
- Chickens
- Crosses, Genetic
- Disease Models, Animal
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Haplotypes
- Histocompatibility Antigens
- Male
- Poultry Diseases
- Scleroderma, Systemic