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Discriminant analysis of response to Newcastle disease and heat tolerance among chicken genotypes in hot humid tropical environment.
Tropical animal health and production - 2 Jul 2021
Durosaro S O, Ilori B M, Oguntade D O, Iyasere O S, Adebambo A O, Ozoje M O
Abstract excerpt
Newcastle disease and heat stress reduce the productivity of local chickens of Nigeria (LCN). This study compared the antibody response to Newcastle disease and heat tolerance among different LCN genotypes in hot humid tropics using multivariate discriminant analysis. A total of 299 birds were used for the study. Geometric mean titre against Newcastle disease before vaccination (GMTB), geometric mean titre...
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